Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023
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Offences and penalties | ||
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6. (1) A person guilty of an offence under this Act, other than under section 28 (5), shall be liable— | ||
(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both, or | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €4,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or to both. | ||
(2) 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. | ||
(3) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate or other undertaking 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 undertaking, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate or undertaking, commits an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if the person were guilty of the first-mentioned offence. |