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Offences.
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9.—(1) A person who is guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence under the same section, fifty pounds.
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(2) An offence under this Act may be prosecuted by the Minister.
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(3) A prosecution under this Act may be instituted within twelve months after the offence.
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(4) Where an offence under this Act was committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or approval of, or to have been facilitated by any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, he also shall be deemed to have been guilty of the offence.
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(5) In a prosecution under this Act, proof of the occurrence or anticipation of fire, flood, storm, violence, a breakdown of plant or machinery, or any other emergency, shall be a defence.
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