Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act, 2010 (Act No. 2 of 2010)Chapter 4 : General Provisions, Short Title and Commencement44. Offences and penalties |
| (1) | A person is guilty of an offence if that person— |
| (a) | organises the event in contravention of section 5(1); |
| (b) | fails to comply with the provisions of section 4(1), 4(2), 4(4)(a), 4(4)(b), 4(5)(a) and 4(7); |
| (c) | contravenes or fails to comply with section 5(2); |
| (d) | fails to comply with section 14(6); |
| (e) | organises the event without obtaining a valid certificate contemplated in section 8; |
| (f) | undertakes construction of a stadium or venue without obtaining a valid certificate contemplated in section 9; |
| (g) | effects alterations to or extends a stadium or venue without obtaining a valid certificate contemplated in section 10; |
| (h) | organises the event, where the event has been categorised as a high-risk event, without obtaining a certificate contemplated in section 11; |
| (i) | fails to comply with the conditions of a safety certificate contemplated in section 12; |
| (j) | fails to comply with a prohibition notice contemplated in section 21; |
| (k) | fails to comply with a spectator exclusion notice contemplated in section 22; |
| (l) | contravenes the event ticket condition, or written conditions of entry into a stadium or venue or route; |
| (m) | is in possession of a prohibited or restricted object or substance within a stadium or venue or along a route; |
| (n) | fails to comply with a lawful request of or directive given by a police official, or hinders, interferes with or obstructs a police official, a private security service provider, a member of the event safety and security planning committee, an access control officer, a peace officer, a member of the emergency or essential services, or a member of a local authority, in the carrying out of their duties; |
| (o) | hinders or interferes with or obstructs an authorised member or VOC commander in the carrying out of his or her duties; |
| (p) | throws, kicks, knocks or hits any object within a stadium, venue or along a route or its respective precincts at or towards— |
| (i) | the playing area, or any area adjacent to the playing area to which spectators are not generally admitted; or |
| (ii) | any area in which spectators or other persons are or may be present, without authorisation; |
| (q) | damages or destroys any movable or immovable property inside a stadium or venue or along a route or its respective precincts without authorisation; |
| (r) | engages in delinquent and anti-social behaviour inside a stadium or venue or along a route or its respective precincts, including engaging in racist, vulgar, inflammatory, intimidating or obscene language or behaviour; |
| (s) | enters a designated area or traffic-free zone inside a stadium, venue or route or its respective precincts, without the prior written authorisation of a controlling body, event organiser or stadium or venue owner; |
| (t) | conducts commercial activities at the event without authorisation of the event organiser; or |
| (u) | parks a motor vehicle, without the written authorisation of an event organiser, authorised member or VOC commander, within a designated traffic free zone or any area or zone demarcated or marked as a traffic free zone or where parking of a motor vehicle is prohibited inside or outside of a stadium or a venue. |
| (2) | A person convicted of an offence in terms of this Act, is liable— |
| (a) | in the case of a contravention of subsection (1)( a), (b), (h), (j) or (n) to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 20 years, or to both a fine and such imprisonment; |
| (b) | in the case of a contravention of any of subsections (1)( c) to (g), ( i), (m), (0) to (u), to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or to both a fine and such imprisonment; or |
| (c) | in any other case, to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |