Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act, 1998 (Act No. 95 of 1998)Chapter V : Legal Enforcement21. Offences |
1) | Any person who- |
a) | knowingly withholds information required in terms of this Act or furnishes information that he or she knows to be false or misleading; or |
b) | contravenes section 10(1) or (2), 13(7), 14(1) or (2), 18(1) or (2) or 19(5), |
and every director, trustee, managing member or officer of a home builder who knowingly permits such contravention, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R25 000, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, on each charge.
2) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Act, a magistrate’s court shall have jurisdiction to impose any penalty prescribed by this Act. |