s 16 Penalties
16.—(1) Any person who acts in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act shall, except insofar as his act comes within one of the exemptions made by sections 7 and 8, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or to both.[Act 9 of 2026 wef 01/05/2026] (2) Any poison in respect of which an offence has been committed in contravention of any provision of this Act or of any rules made thereunder by any unlicensed person shall, upon that person being convicted of that offence, be forfeited and shall be handed over to the Chief Executive of the Authority for disposal.[4/2001] (3) Every penalty or forfeiture imposed under this Act shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any other penalty to which the accused may be liable under any other written law and no conviction under this Act shall be pleaded in any civil proceedings in mitigation of damages claimed against the person convicted. (4) Where an agent or employee, in the course of his employment, does, or omits to do, an act the doing of which or omission to do which by his principal or employer would be an offence under this Act or any rules made thereunder he shall be guilty of that offence, and, where it is proved that the act or omission was committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, his principal or employer, the principal or employer shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. (5) Where an offence committed by a body corporate under this Act or any rules made thereunder is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.