PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Excise (Penalties Amendment) Act 2004

No. 19 of 2004.
Certified on: 11 FEB 2005

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION.
Amendment of penalty clauses in the Principal Act.
SCHEDULE

AN ACT
entitled
Excise (Penalties Amendment) Act 2004,
Being an Act to amend the Excise Act (Chapter 105), 
MADE by the National Parliament.
AMENDMENT OF PENALTY CLAUSES IN THE PRINCIPAL ACT.
The Principal Act is amended in accordance with the Schedule by repealing and replacing the provisions of the Act specified in Column 1 in the manner specified in Column 2 and set out opposite that provision.
SCHEDULE
Column 1	Column 2	
Section and
Subsection	Nature of amendment	
11(5)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Divisions IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
15(1)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K3,000.00 and not exceeding K10,000.00.".	
17(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K5,000.00 and not exceeding K20,000.00.".	
25(1)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
28(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K3,000.00 and not exceeding K10,000.00.".	
29	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5000.00.".	
30(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K3,000.00 and not exceeding K10,000.00.".	
31	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K3,000.00 and not exceeding K10,000.00.".	
34(1)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
34(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3,.a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
35(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K3,000.00 and not exceeding K10,000.00.".	
37(1)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
38(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K5,000.00 and not exceeding K50,000.00.".	
39(1)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K4,000.00 and not exceeding K25,000.00.".	
39(4)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K5,000.00 and not exceeding K50,000.00.".	
40(1)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K3,000.00 and not exceeding K10,000.00.".	
40(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
50(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
51(3)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
52(3)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
59	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:-
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
60	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	
69	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.".	
70(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K5,000.00 and not exceeding K50,000.00.".	
71(2)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K5,000.00 and not exceeding K50,000.00.".	
72	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K5,000.00 and not exceeding K50,000.00.".	
78	Repeal the figure and symbol "5%" and replace with the following:-"10%".	
79(1)	Repeal the words "three times" and replace with the following:-"five times".	
80	Repeal the words "six months" and replace with the following:-"twelve months".	
90(3)	Repeal and replace the penalty clause with the following:‑
"Penalty: Subject to Division IX.3, a fine of not less than K1,500.00 and not exceeding K5,000.00.".	

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Excise (Penalties Amendment) Act 2004 which has been made by the National Parliament.
Clerk of the National Parliament
11 FEB 2005
I hereby certify that the Excise (Penalties Amendment) Act 2004 which was made by the National Parliament on 24 November 2004.
Speaker of the National Parliament
11 FEB 2005