Public Health (COVID-19 Response) (Amendment) Act No. 9 of 2020

Section 69 amended 2. Section 69(5)(b) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “to a fine not exceeding $40” and substituting “on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both”.

Section 70 amended 3. Section 70 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “unless it is otherwise prescribed to a fine not exceeding $40 and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine not exceeding $40 for every day on which the offence is continued after conviction under this section” and substituting “on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both”. 26 Public Health (COVID-19 Response) (Amendment)—9 of 2020

Section 71 amended 4. Section 71(2) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “to a fine not exceeding $40” and substituting “on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both”.

Section 74 amended 5. Section 74(1) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “to a fine not exceeding $20” and substituting “on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both”.

Section 75 amended 6. Section 75(1) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “to a fine not exceeding $20” and substituting “on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both”.

Section 76 amended 7. Section 76(2) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “to a fine not exceeding $20” and substituting “on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both”.

Section 77 amended 8. Section 77 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “to a fine not exceeding $40” and substituting “on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both”.

Section 83 amended 9. Section 83(2) of the Principal Act is amended by deleting “$200 or a term of imprisonment for 6 months” and substituting “$10,000 or imprisonment for a term of 5 years or both”. Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 27th day of March 2020. Price: 22c A. BAHADUR, SERENDIB INVESTMENT PTE LTD, (Government Printer), Suva, Fiji – 2020 9/Z/20—170 Official Printer Since 2019