sec.40Offences and penalties

sec.40 Offences and penalties

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence. Any person guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable, unless some specific penalty is prescribed by this Act for such offence, to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units. Subject to the provisions of this Act relating to the prosecution upon indictment for certain offences hereunder, any offence against this Act may be prosecuted in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 . Nothing in this Act contained shall render any person compellable to answer any question incriminating or tending to incriminate himself or herself. s 40 amd 1981 No. 34 s 15 ; 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1 (sec.40-ssec.1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence. (sec.40-ssec.2) Any person guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable, unless some specific penalty is prescribed by this Act for such offence, to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units. (sec.40-ssec.3) Subject to the provisions of this Act relating to the prosecution upon indictment for certain offences hereunder, any offence against this Act may be prosecuted in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886 . (sec.40-ssec.4) Nothing in this Act contained shall render any person compellable to answer any question incriminating or tending to incriminate himself or herself.