28.     Recovery of licence fees by civil process

            Where under Part III or Part IV a licence is required and has not been obtained, a sum equal to the prescribed fee payable in respect of such licence shall be due and owing to the State by the person failing to obtain the licence, and shall be a civil debt recoverable summarily.

29.     Penalties

            (1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of Part III or Part IV shall be guilty of an offence and liable for a first offence to a fine not exceeding P500, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both, and for each subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding P1 000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to both:

            Provided that sentencing may include the following-

           (i)       community service, or

          (ii)       probation.

            (2) If any person is convicted of an offence under this Act in a case where a licence fee under Part III or Part IV is payable and has not been paid, the court may, whether or not any other penalty is imposed, impose a fine (which shall be disposed of in the same manner as the fee payable on the licence) of an amount equivalent to the fee unpaid, and the payment of such fine shall operate in satisfaction of any civil debt due under section 28.