(1) A person guilty of an offence (other than an offence under section 41(12), 41(12A)(b) or 51) under this Act shall be liable -
(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.
(2) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of any person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person shall, as well as the body corporate, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.
(3) Summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be brought and prosecuted by the Commission.
(4) Where a person is convicted of an offence under
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