(1) An infringement
notice is to be in the prescribed form and is to —
(a)
contain a description of the alleged offence;
(b)
advise that if the alleged offender does not wish to be prosecuted for the
alleged offence in a court, the amount of money specified in the notice as
being the modified penalty for the offence may be paid to an authorised person
within a period of 28 days after the giving of the notice; and
(c)
inform the alleged offender as to who are authorised persons for the purposes
of receiving payment of modified penalties.
(2) In an infringement
notice the amount specified as being the modified penalty for the offence
referred to in the notice is to be the amount that was the prescribed modified
penalty at the time the alleged offence is believed to have been committed.
(3) The modified
penalty that may be prescribed for an offence is not to exceed 20% of the
maximum penalty that could be imposed for that offence by a court.
[Section 45 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]