§ 43 — Prohibition against holding out as designated payment system

43.—(1) A person must not hold the person out as the operator or settlement institution of a designated payment system unless the payment system has been designated by the Authority under section 42.(2) A person that contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $250,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $25,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.

—(1) A person must not hold the person out as the operator or settlement institution of a designated payment system unless the payment system has been designated by the Authority under section 42.

(2) A person that contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $250,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $25,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.