Manpower Training Act, 1981 (Act No. 56 of 1981)Chapter 6 : General Provisions52. Order in respect of unpaid levies |
| 1) | Whenever any person is convicted under section 50(1)(b) of a failure to pay a levy imposed or deemed to have been imposed in terms of section 39, the court convicting him shall, in addition to any punishment imposed in respect of the offence in question, summarily inquire into and assess the amount of the levy payable by that person to any person or officer referred to in section 39(2)(b) or to a body referred to in section 39(4), as the case may be, and order that person to pay that amount, in instalments or otherwise, as the court may determine, to the person, officer or body concerned, as the case may be, within such period as the court may determine. |
| 2) | An order given in terms of the provisions of subsection (1) shall have the effect of, and may be executed in the same manner as, a judgment pronounced in the course of civil proceedings. |
| 3) | The provisions of section 51(5) and (7) shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of the payment of an amount in terms of an order referred to in subsection (1) and any failure to pay a levy referred to in that subsection, respectively. |
| 4) | Any employer who is notified by a person or officer referred to in section 39(2)(b) or a body referred to in section 39(4) that any amount of money as determined by that person, officer or body is payable by the employer by virtue of any notice in terms of this Act whereby a levy is imposed, and who admits that the amount so determined is payable by him, may pay that amount to the person, officer or body concerned for the purposes of the levy in question. |