22. Penalties
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Except in any case provided for by subsection (3), any person convicted of an offence under this Act or any of its rules shall, when no other penalty has been specifically provided for the offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding $500 for a first offence and, in respect of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
When any person convicted of an offence under this Act or any of its rules is the proprietor of an entertainment and the court convicting that person is of opinion that by reason of the offence any duty which ought to have been paid has not been paid or that the offence was committed with a view to the evasion of such duty that person shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding 10 times the amount of the duty.
proprietor
“proprietor”, in relation to any entertainment, includes any person responsible for the management of any entertainment or any person who holds a licence issued under any written law relating to public entertainments and, in relation to any place from which in the opinion of the Comptroller of Entertainments Duty a person would be able to be a spectator or one of the audience of an entertainment in progress in some other place, includes the owner, tenant or person in possession or control of that place or any other person who receives payment for admission to that place;
Any person admitted to any entertainment who is guilty of an offence under this Act shall when no other penalty has been specifically provided by this Act or any of its rules be liable to a fine not exceeding $100.
entertainment
“entertainment” includes any exhibition, performance, amusement, game or sport to which persons are admitted for payment;