Clause 5

by deleting the words “and shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000”; and

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) —

shall be punished on conviction with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years and shall also be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000; but(b)where the person is a repeat offender, shall be punished on conviction with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years and shall also be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150,000.(3) A person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence under subsection (1) if the person has been convicted or found guilty (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 5 of the Women’s Charter (Amendment) Act 2019) on at least one other earlier occasion of an offence under subsection (1).”.