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7(1)If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any order made under section 57 above, or any direction given or requirement imposed under that section, or contravenes or fails to comply with this Schedule (except for paragraph 8(3) or paragraph 9(4) below) he is, save as otherwise expressly provided, guilty of an offence.
(2)Subject to any special provisions contained in this Schedule, a person guilty of such an offence shall—
(a)on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding £100, or to both; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding £500, or to both.
(3)Where a person convicted on indictment of such an offence is a body corporate, no provision limiting the amount of the fine which may be imposed shall apply, and the body corporate shall be liable to a fine of such amount as the court thinks fit.
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