Category: Offences

Section 90 | Offences

  1. A person who with intent to deny a right of access in terms of this Act –
    1. destroys, damages or alters a record;
    2. conceals a record; or
    3. falsifies a record or makes a false record,
      commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years.
  2. An information officer who wilfully or in a grossly negligent manner fails to comply with the provisions of section 14 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years.
  3. A head of a private body who wilfully or in a grossly negligent manner fails to comply with the provisions of section 51 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years.

[Section 90 substituted by section 24 of Act 55 of 2003]