Enhanced penalty for repeated corporate offences: subsequent breaches within three years incur double fines and possible imprisonment. When a company or an officer commits an offence punishable by fine or imprisonment and the same offence is committed again within three years, the company and every officer in default are liable to twice the amount of fine prescribed for that offence in addition to any imprisonment provided for the offence.
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Enhanced penalty for repeated corporate offences: subsequent breaches within three years incur double fines and possible imprisonment.
When a company or an officer commits an offence punishable by fine or imprisonment and the same offence is committed again within three years, the company and every officer in default are liable to twice the amount of fine prescribed for that offence in addition to any imprisonment provided for the offence.
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