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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT COMMITTEE ACT 1951 - SECT 21

Offences

  (1)   A person who contravenes, or fails to comply with, a provision of this Act (other than section   18) commits an offence against this section.

  (2)   An offence against this section may be prosecuted either summarily or upon indictment, but an offender is not liable to be punished more than once in respect of the same offence.

  (3)   The punishment for an offence against this section is:

  (a)   if the offence is prosecuted summarily--a fine not exceeding Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; or

  (b)   if the offence is prosecuted upon indictment--a fine not exceeding Four hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.



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