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PRIVATE SECURITY ACT - SECT 49

Undertakings by persons contravening code

49. Undertakings by persons contravening code

(1) Where it appears to the licensing authority that a person has carried on business in contravention of a code of practice approved by the Minister under section 48 and applicable to the person, the licensing authority may request the person to execute within a specified time a deed in terms approved by the licensing authority under which the person gives undertakings as to -

(a) discontinuance of the conduct;

(b) future compliance with the code of practice; and

(c) the action the person will take to rectify the consequences of the contravention,

or any of those matters.

(2) A person who fails to observe an undertaking given in a deed executed under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: In the case of a natural person - 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.

In the case of a body corporate - 500 penalty units.



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