Exchange Control Act, 1954

Continued non-compliance.

21.—(1) Where—

(a) a person is convicted of an offence under section 20 by reason of his failure, neglect or refusal to comply with any provision requiring him to perform a specified act within a specified period or before a specified date, and

(b) the act remains, after the date of such conviction, unperformed by him,

that person shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for each day on which the act remains unperformed by him or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(2) An offence under this section shall be a continuing offence and accordingly fresh proceedings in respect thereof may be taken from time to time.