(b) forges or falsifies any certificate under this Act or utters any such forged or falsified certificate, knowing it to be forged or falsified; or (c) uses or attempts to use any document as a certificate under this Act, knowing it to be a forged or falsified document or certificate; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection as amended by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001] 105 Penalties where not expressly provided Any person guilty of an offence against, or contravention of, or default in complying with, any provision of this Act shall, if no penalty is expressly provided for such offence, contravention or default, be liable to a fine not exceeding level four or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection as amended by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001] 106 Burden of proof as to knowledge of infection In any legal proceedings, criminal or civil, under this Act relating to an infectious or communicable disease, or to any article or thing alleged to have been exposed to or contaminated with the infection thereof, whenever it is an issue in the proceedings that the accused or the defendant knew that he or any other person was infected with such disease, or that such article or thing had been so exposed or was so contaminated, he shall be deemed to have had such knowledge unless he satisfies the court to the contrary. 107 Defect in form not to invalidate No defect in the form of any notice given or order made under this Act shall invalidate or render unlawful the administrative action, or be a ground for exception to any legal proceedings which may be taken in the matter to which such notice or order relates, provided the requirements thereof are substantially and intelligibly set forth. 108 Service of notices Whenever under this Act any notice, order or other document is required to be given to any person, the same shall be deemed to be sufficiently served if sent by registered post addressed to him at his last known place of abode or left thereat with him personally or with some adult inmate thereof; and in the case of a notice, order or other document required to be given to an owner or occupier of land or premises whose abode, after inquiry, is unknown, the same shall be deemed to be sufficiently served if posted up in some conspicuous place on such land or premises. It shall not be necessary in any notice, order or other document given to an owner or occupier of land or premises to name him, but the notice, order or document shall describe him as the owner or occupier of the land or premises. 109 Powers of local authority outside its district Nothing in any law specially governing any local authority shall be construed as preventing such local authority from exercising any power or performing any duty under this Act by reason only that in exercising such power or performing such duty it must do some act or thing or incur expenditure outside its district. 110 Provisions of this Act in relation to other laws Save as is specially provided in this Act, this Act shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in substitution for any provisions of any other law which are not in conflict or inconsistent with this Act. If any other law is in conflict or inconsistent with this Act, this Act shall prevail. 111 Scope and application of proclamations and regulations (1) Any proclamation, regulation, notice or order issued under this Act may be expressed to be in addition to or in substitution for any like document issued by any local authority. (2) Any proclamation, regulation, notice or order issued under this Act may be expressed to apply throug hout Zimbabwe or any specified or defined part thereof. (3) Any proclamation, regulation, notice or order issued under this Act may be amended or rescinded by the authority which issued it. 112 Application of Act to State Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as conferring any powers or imposing any duties upon a local authority in respect of any land or premises owned or occupied by the State for military purposes. 113… [Section repealed by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001]

Select target paragraph3

Add to table of contents