PAPUA NEW GUINEA

FIRE SERVICE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2005

No. 1 of 2005

Fire Service (Amendment) Act 2005.

Certified on: 10 JUN 2005

Fire Service (Amendment) Act 2005.
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No. of 2005.

AN ACT

entitled

Fire Service (Amendment) Bill 2005,

Being an Act to amend the Fire Service Act (Chapter 64),

MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.

POWERS OF THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17).

Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended ‑

(a) in Subsection (5) by repealing the penalty and replacing it with the following:–

"Penalty: Where the person convicted of an offence is ‑

(a) a commercial enterprise — a fine not exceeding K50,000.00; and

(b) other than a commercial enterprise — a fine not exceeding K10,000.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years."; and 

(b) in Subsection (6) by repealing the penalty and replacing it with the following:–

"Penalty: Where the person convicted of an offence is:–

(a) a commercial enterprise — a fine not exceeding K50,000.00 and in addition, a fine not exceeding K5,000.00 for every day the offence continues; and

(b) other than a commercial enterprise — a fine not exceeding K10,000.00 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years and in addition, a fine not exceeding K500.00 for every day the offence continues,".
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I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Fire Service (Amendment) Act 2005 which has been made by the National Parliament.

Clerk of the National Parliament.

I hereby certify that the Fire Service (Amendment) Act 2005 was made by the National Parliament on 5 May 2005.

Speaker of the National Parliament.