Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2007 (Act 742)

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Section 9 of Statutory Instruments Act, 1959 amended

2. Repeal

PURPOSE

AN ACT to amend the Statutory Instruments Act, 1959 (No. 52) of 1959 to increase the penalty that may be imposed in statutory instruments.

DATE OF ASSENT

20th August, 2007.

ACT

Section 1 — Section 9 of Statutory Instruments Act, 1959 amended

The Statutory Instruments Act, 1959 (No. 52) of 1959 as amended is further amended by the repeal of section 9 and the insertion of the following:

"9 Penalties

(1) There may be included in a statutory instrument which contains a prohibition or requirement, a provision that a person who fails to comply with that prohibition or requirement is liable to penalties.

(2) A penalty prescribed for an offence by virtue of this section, shall be not more than a fine of one hundred and fifty penalty units or imprisonment for a term of one year or both and in the case of a continuing offence, an additional penalty of not more than five penalty units may be prescribed by the instrument for each day on which the offence continues.

Section 2 — Repeal

The Statutory Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1997 (Act 539) is hereby repealed.