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Immorality.
Act No. 23 of 1957.
Penalties.
22. Any person who is convicted of an offence under the provisions of this Act for which no special penalty is prescribed, shall be liable—
(a)
in the case of an offence referred to in section two or paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section twenty to imprisonment with compulsory labour for a period not exceeding three years with or without a fine not exceeding three hundred pounds in addition to such imprisonment, or where it is proved that the person convicted kept a brothel and that unlawful carnal intercourse took place in such brothel to his knowledge between a white female and a coloured male or between a coloured female and a white male, for a period not exceeding seven years with or without a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds in addition to such imprisonment; or(b)
in the case of an offence referred to in sub-section (1) of section nine to imprisonment with compulsory labour for a period not exceeding five years, or, if the female concerned is under the age of twelve years, for life; or(c)
in the case of an offence referred to in section ten, to imprisonment with compulsory labour for a period not exceeding five years, or, where it is proved that the person convicted procured or attempted to procure any white female for the purpose of having unlawful carnal intercourse with a coloured male, or any coloured female for the purpose of having unlawful carnal intercourse with a white male, for a period not exceeding seven years; or(d)
in the case of an offence referred to in section eleven or section eighteen, to imprisonment with compulsory labour for a period not exceeding five years; or(e)
in the case of an offence referred to in sub-section (1) of section twelve, sub-section (1) of section thirteen, or section sixteen, to imprisonment with compulsory labour for a period not exceeding seven years; or(f)
in the case of an offence referred to in sub-section (1) of section fourteen, or section fifteen, or section seventeen to imprisonment with compulsory labour for a period not exceeding six years with or without a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds in addition to such imprisonment; or(g)
in the case of an offence referred to in section nineteen or paragaph (b) or (c) of sub-section (1) of section twenty to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds or to imprisonment with compulsory labour for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment; and(h)
where the person convicted is a male person under the age of fifty years, to a whipping not exceeding ten strokes in addition to such imprisonment and fine.