A person who does not do a thing which by or under the provisions of this Act or the rules and regulations made under this Act he is required or directed to do, or who does or attempts to do a thing that by or under this Act or those rules and regulations he is prohibited from doing, commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to the penalty expressly mentioned as the punishment for the offence, or if a penalty is not so expressly mentioned, to a penalty not exceeding $1 000.

[Section 24 amended by No. 113 of 1965 s.8 (1); No. 38 of 1980 s.7.]