s 61 General penalties
61.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), any person convicted of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is provided shall be liable on conviction —(a) to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; and (b) if that person is a repeat offender in relation to the same offence, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.[24/2013] (2) Where any person —(a) is guilty of an offence under section 7(5), 8A(5) or 58(1)(b); or[Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/12/2024] (b) being a director, manager or secretary or any other officer of a body corporate, is guilty of an offence under section 60 by virtue of the fact that an offence under section 7(3) or (5), 8A(3) or (5) or 58(1)(b) has been committed by that body corporate and is found to have been committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any act or default on the part of that person,[Act 30 of 2024 wef 15/12/2024] that person shall be liable on conviction — (c) to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; and (d) if that person is a repeat offender in relation to the same offence, to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.[24/2013] (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), a person is a repeat offender in relation to an offence (called in this subsection the current offence) if the person has been convicted of the same offence on at least one other occasion (whether before, on or after 1 January 2014) before the person is convicted of the current offence.[24/2013]