Clause 16

Proceedings for an offence under this Act may be brought only by or with the sanction of the Public Prosecutor.

Any employee of the Authority or any police officer may conduct such a prosecution on behalf of the Authority.

Any offence under this Act may be tried by a District Court or by a Magistrate’s Court and such court shall, notwithstanding the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 113) and any other written law, have jurisdiction to impose the maximum penalty provided for by this Act.

Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Act and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.