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144BOffence not to comply with prohibition notice
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144B Offence not to comply with prohibition notice
(1) A person to whom a prohibition notice is issued must comply with the prohibition notice.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 500 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment or both;
In the case of a body corporate, 2500 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply during any period that the operation of the prohibition notice is stayed by the Tribunal.
S. 144C inserted by No. 13/2025 s. 34.