62Offence provisions

#### 62 Offence provisions 62 Offence provisions > > (1) A person who carries out any activity in contravention of a notification under this Division is guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty— > > > > > (a) in the case of a corporation, 1,000 penalty units, or > > > > > (b) in any other case, 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both. > > > (2) A person who is in possession of any animal, plant, rock, sand or other thing that has been taken in contravention of a notification under this Division is guilty of an offence. > > > > Maximum penalty— > > > > > (a) in the case of a corporation, 500 penalty units, or > > > > > (b) in any other case, 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months, or both. > > > (3) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (2) if the person charged satisfies the court that the person did not know and could not reasonably have known that the animal, plant, rock, sand or other thing had been taken in contravention of a provision of or made under this Act.