Public Administration Management Act (Act No. 11 of 2014)Chapter 3 : Employment in Public Administration8. Conducting business with State |
(1) | In this section and in section 9, ‘‘employee’’ includes persons contemplated in section 12A of the Public Service Act and a person performing similar functions in a municipality. |
(2) | An employee may not— |
(a) | conduct business with the State; or |
(b) | be a director of a public or private company conducting business with the State. |
(3) | A contravention of subsection (2)— |
(a) | is an offence, and any person found guilty of the offence is liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years or both such fine and imprisonment; and |
(b) | constitute serious misconduct which may result in the termination of employment by the employer. |