South African Post Office SOC Ltd Act, 2011 (Act No. 22 of 2011)30. Offences and penalties |
| (1) | A person commits an offence if he or she— |
| (a) | fails to provide access to any books, accounts, documents or assets when required to do so in terms of section 24 or when required by the administrator contemplated in section 25(3); |
| (b) | fails to give data or information, or give false or misleading data or information when required to do so in terms of section 24 or when required by the administrator contemplated in section 25(3); |
| (c) | fails to comply with a directive issued under section 25(4)(c); |
| (d) | intentionally refuses to perform a duty or obstructs any person in the exercise of a power or performance of a duty in terms of this Act; |
| (e) | accepts any unauthorised fees or reward, either directly or indirectly as a result of a person's position with the Post Office; |
| (f) | uses the name, logo or design of the Post Office without the authorisation of the Post Office; or |
| (g) | places or maintains or permits to be placed or maintained in, on or near any house, premise, wall, door, window, box, post, pillar or other place belonging to a person or under a person's control the words "Post Office" or any other word or a mark which may imply or may give reasonable cause for believing that house, premises, wall, door, window, box, post, pillar or other place to be a post office. |
| (2) | Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |
| (3) | Where a person is again convicted for an offence contemplated in subsection (1), he or she is liable to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |
| (4) | Any member of the Board who fails to comply with section 10(3)(b)(i) or (ii) or 10(4)(b) or who contravenes section 13(c)(vii) or (viii), or any former member who failed to comply with or contravened any of those sections while being a member, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |
| (5) | Any person referred to in section 13(b) who contravenes that section, or any former member of the Board who contravened that section while being a member, or any person, other than a member of the Board, referred to in section 13(b) who contravened that section during the tenure of a former member, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |