Cap. 116 Art. 14General penalty.

(1) Any person who shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance shall be liable to a fine (multa) of from forty-six euro and fifty-nine cents (46.59) to four hundred and sixty-five euro and eighty-seven cents (465.87), or to imprisonment for not longer than three months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment: Provided that the courts shall not apply the penalty of imprisonment, otherwise than on failure to pay a fine, until after the date of a resolution to that effect passed by the House of Representatives in respect of offences committed thereafter.

(2) Where the offence is committed by a company, association of persons or any other corporate body, each person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a director or officer of such company, association or corporate body, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.