sec.181ACorporations to be fined if imprisonment is the only penalty

### sec.181A Corporations to be fined if imprisonment is the only penalty If— an Act provides that the punishment for an offence against a provision of the Act is imprisonment only; and a body corporate is convicted of having committed the offence; the court by or before which the body corporate is convicted may impose a fine on the body corporate determined under subsection (2) . The fine mentioned in subsection (1) may be— if the imprisonment is not more than 6 months—not more than 415 penalty units; or if the imprisonment is more than 6 months but not more than 1 year—not more than 835 penalty units; or if the imprisonment is more than 1 year but not more than 2 years—not more than 1,660 penalty units; or if the term of imprisonment is more than 2 years—an unlimited amount. Subsection (1) does not apply to an offence if the Act concerned provides another way of enforcing the punishment mentioned in subsection (1) (a) against a body corporate. s 181A (prev s 181(2), (3), (6)) renum 1993 No. 76 s 3 sch 1 (sec.181A-ssec.1) If— an Act provides that the punishment for an offence against a provision of the Act is imprisonment only; and a body corporate is convicted of having committed the offence; the court by or before which the body corporate is convicted may impose a fine on the body corporate determined under subsection (2) . (sec.181A-ssec.2) The fine mentioned in subsection (1) may be— if the imprisonment is not more than 6 months—not more than 415 penalty units; or if the imprisonment is more than 6 months but not more than 1 year—not more than 835 penalty units; or if the imprisonment is more than 1 year but not more than 2 years—not more than 1,660 penalty units; or if the term of imprisonment is more than 2 years—an unlimited amount. (sec.181A-ssec.3) Subsection (1) does not apply to an offence if the Act concerned provides another way of enforcing the punishment mentioned in subsection (1) (a) against a body corporate. - (a) an Act provides that the punishment for an offence against a provision of the Act is imprisonment only; and - (b) a body corporate is convicted of having committed the offence; - (a) if the imprisonment is not more than 6 months—not more than 415 penalty units; or - (b) if the imprisonment is more than 6 months but not more than 1 year—not more than 835 penalty units; or - (c) if the imprisonment is more than 1 year but not more than 2 years—not more than 1,660 penalty units; or - (d) if the term of imprisonment is more than 2 years—an unlimited amount.