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### sec.42 Any person may prosecute etc. Any person may take a proceeding for the imposition or enforcement of a penalty, or the making of a forfeiture order, under an Act. s 42 sub 1993 No. 32 s 3 sch 1 amd 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1

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