Cap. 650 Art. 23Offences and penalties.

Any person who:

(a) operates a security stewards agency in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of any licence issued thereunder or acts in breach of the provisions of article 21, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to a fine (multa) not exceeding twenty three thousand and three hundred euro (€23,300.00), or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or to both such fine (multa) and imprisonment;

(b) who acts or is employed as a security steward, at a sports venue in infringement of any of the provisions of this Act or of any licence issued thereunder, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to a fine (multa) not exceeding four thousand and seven hundred euro (€4,700.00), or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine (multa) and imprisonment;

(c) who employs, engages or permits the use of security stewards services, in breach of article 4 or otherwise is in breach of any provision of this Act other than those to which paragraphs (a) and (b) apply shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to a fine (multa) not exceeding one thousand and two hundred euro (€1,200.00);

(d) being a security steward at a sports venue, exercises excessive use of force or in any other way abuses of the powers conferred upon him under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to a fine (multa) not exceeding two thousand euro (€2,000.00), or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve (12) months, or to both such fine (multa) and imprisonment.