Cap. 433 Art. 30Penalties.

(1) Any person who acts in violation of this Act or in breach of any regulations made thereunder, shall -

(a) on a first conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) of not less than two hundred euro (€200) but not exceeding two thousand euro (€2,000);

(b) on a second or subsequent conviction be liable to a fine (multa) of not less than one thousand euro (€1,000) but not exceeding twenty thousand euro (€20,000), or to a term of imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Act the court may, in addition to any other penalty that it may impose -

(a) order that all income and profits from the sale of such offending article be seized;

(b) impose an additional fine equivalent to the estimated economic benefit which the convicted person derived from the commission of the offence or would have derived had the offence remained undetected; and, or

(c) revoke any permit granted under this Act and debar the person convicted from holding another such permit for a period not exceeding three years.