S.L. 639.13 Art. 17Offences and fines (multi).

(1) Any person shall be guilty of an offence according to these regulations if he:

(a) fails to comply with any provision of these regulations or any lawful order given by virtue of these regulations;

(b) intentionally obstructs or causes the obstruction of any person acting in the proper exercise of his functions in accordance with these regulations and, or fails to allow an inspection authorised in accordance with these regulations;

(c) without reasonable cause, fails to give to any person acting in the exercise of his functions in accordance with these regulations, any assistance or information which he may be required to give in accordance with these regulations or any other law, or gives false or misleading information;

(d) conspires with, aids or abets any other person by whatever means, including advertising, counselling or procurement, to breach the provisions of these regulations or to fail to comply with any such provisions, including any order lawfully given in terms of any of the provisions of these regulations, or to breach any restriction, prohibition or requirement imposed by, or in accordance with the said regulations;

(e) alters, forges, counterfeits or destroys any document presented to, or issued by the Director in accordance with these regulations.

(2) It shall also be an offence under these regulations for any authorised officer to disclose to any person any information on any trade secret obtained by him in the course of his duties, unless the disclosure is necessary for the performance of his duties and disclosure is strictly limited to persons or authorities reasonably required to know the information disclosed.

(3) Any person who is found guilty of an offence against the provisions of these regulations shall on conviction, be liable:

(a) on a first conviction to a fine (multa) of not less than five hundred euro (€500) but not exceeding two thousand five hundred euro (€2,500);

(b) on a second conviction or subsequent conviction, to a fine (multa) of not less than one thousand five hundred euro (€1,500) but not exceeding eleven thousand euro (€11,000), or to a fine (multa) calculated on the profit made by the offender in breach of these regulations, whichever is the higher:

Provided that when the fine (multa) is so calculated, it may in no case exceed five (5) times the profit made by the offender in breach of these regulations.