Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021
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Offences and penalties | ||
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23. (1) A person guilty of an offence under section 16 (4), 17 (4), 17 (5), 21 (1) or 22 (3) shall be liable on summary conviction— | ||
(a) in the case of a first offence, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both, and | ||
(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both. | ||
(2) A person guilty of an offence under section 15 (3) shall be liable— | ||
(a) on summary conviction— | ||
(i) in the case of a first offence, to a class B fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both, and | ||
(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, | ||
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(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both. | ||
(3) Notwithstanding section 10 (4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 , summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be instituted at any time within two years from the date on which the offence was alleged to have been committed. | ||
(4) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any wilful neglect on the part of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, commits an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence. | ||
(5) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (4) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his or her functions of management as if he or she were a director or manager of the body corporate. |