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(e)
unlawfully prevent the owner of any premises, or a person working for
that owner, from entering the premises in order to comply with a
requirement of this Act;
(f) pretend to be(i)
a registrant; or
(ii)
an inspector;
(g) falsify, or without authorisation, alter(i)
a registration certificate issued in terms of section 14 (1); or
(ii)
an authorisation of a warrant, compliance notice or compliance
certificate contemplated in Chapter 4;
(h) fail to comply with a compliance notice issued in terms of Chapter 4;
(i) enter any premises without a warrant in circumstances requiring a warrant;
(j) act contrary to a warrant issued in terms of Chapter 4;
(k) without authority enter or inspect premises; or
(l) disclose any information relating to the financial or business affairs of any
person that was acquired in the exercise of any power or performance of
any duty in terms of this Act, except(i)
to a person who requires that information in order to exercise a
power or perform a duty in terms of this Act;
(ii)
if the disclosure is ordered by a competent court; or
(iii)
if the disclosure is in compliance with the provisions of any law.
35 Penalties and forfeiture
(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of(a) section 4 (2), 5 (1), 6, 8 or 10, is liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding R1 000 000, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five
years; or
(b) section 7, 9 or 34, is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R500
000, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.
(2) In addition to imposing a penalty in terms of subsection (1), a court that has
convicted a person of an offence(a) in terms of section 4 (2), must order the forfeiture to the State of any
liquor manufactured or distributed by that person contrary to section 4 (2),
and seized in terms of section 26 (2) (f);
(b) in terms of section 5, must order the forfeiture to the State of any
methylated spirits manufactured or sold by that person contrary to this
Act, and seized in terms of section 26 (2) (f); or
(c) in terms of section 6, must order the destruction of any substance that is
prohibited in terms of section 6, and that was in the possession of that
person, and seized in terms of section 26 (2) (f).
(3) The Minister must order that any liquor that is forfeited to the State in terms of
this section must be(a) destroyed at the cost of the person from whom it was seized; or
(b) sold to a registered person, in accordance with any law regulating disposal
of forfeited goods.
36 Imputation of criminal liability
(1) If a manager, agent or employee of a person commits an offence by