S.L. 460.42 Art. 6Offences and administrative penalties.        Cap. 12.

(1) Any person who without good cause fails to comply with any order of the Head of the Office issued in terms of this order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine (multa) of not less than five hundred euro (€500) and not more than ten thousand euro (€10,000) and to a fine of fifty euro (€50) for each day on which the offence persists:

Provided that the Head of the Office may also opt to impose an administrative fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred euro (€2,500) instead of prosecution.

(2) Any administrative penalty imposed under this order shall be subject to appeal before the Court of Appeal (Inferior Jurisdiction) by application to be filed within twenty (20) days from the date when the said administrative penalty was served on the person upon whom it was imposed. The provisions of the Code of Organization and Civil

Procedure regarding the hearing of appeals by the Court of Appeal (Inferior Jurisdiction) shall apply to the hearing of such apply.

(3) The provisions of this article and of article 5(c) are without prejudice to any provisions of the EMFA Regulation which may provide for higher administrative penalties or other sanctions and the provisions of this article and of article 5(c) shall only apply where the provisions of the POLADS Regulation or EMFA providing for penalties or sanctions do not apply to particular situations.