Section 8
Prohibition on holding out as designated payment system
of Payment Systems (Oversight) Act
ActIn forceProvision 12 of 58
Section 8
(1)
No person shall hold himself out as the operator or settlement institution of a designated payment system unless the payment system has been designated by the Authority under section 7.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $10,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.[SF Act, s. 56]