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(ii) not exceeding level fourteen, if the amount referred to in subparagraph (i) is not
readily ascertainable;
(d) in a case where the compliance order relates to a contravention of section fifteen, to a
fine—
(i) equivalent to the value of the excess cash held in contravention of that provision;
or
(ii) not exceeding level ten;
whichever is the greater amount;
(e) in a case where the compliance order relates to a contravention of section thirteen,
subsection (2) of section fourteen, subsection (1) or (2) of section sixteen or section
seventeen, to a fine not exceeding level eight for each day during which it is in default of
compliance with that provision, calculated from the day when the compliance order was
served;
(f) in a case where the compliance order is issued in terms of subsection (4) of section
sixteen, to a fine not exceeding level eight for each day during which it is in default of
compliance with that order, calculated from the day when the compliance order was
served.
(6) Where a person is convicted of a cash detainable offence and any cash was seized from
the convicted person in terms of Part V, such cash shall be paid from the Detained Cash Trust
Account and applied towards meeting the fine.
20 Repeated contraventions of sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17
Where a trader, parastatal, financial institution, moneylender or other person, having initially
obeyed or been convicted of contravening a compliance order, commits another contravention of
section ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen or seventeen (whether or not the
contravention is the same provision as the one in respect of which the compliance order was
issued), it shall not be necessary to serve another compliance order upon that trader, parastatal,
financial institution, moneylender or other person, and he or she shall be guilty of an offence and
liable to the same penalty as that for a breach of a compliance order issuable in respect of that
contravention.
21 Temporary restrictions on cash withdrawals from financial institutions
(1) For a period of six months from the fixed date—
(a) no individual shall withdraw from any account or other facility operated by him or her
with a financial institution, or (if he or she operates more than one such account or
facility with the same or different financial institutions) from the aggregate of such
accounts or facilities, cash in excess of ten million dollars (or such other amount in
excess of ten million dollars as the Minister may prescribe from time to time) within any
period of twenty-four hours;
(b) no trader or parastatal, or person other than an individual, shall withdraw from any
account or other facility operated by it with a financial institution, or (if it operates more
than one such account or facility with the same or different financial institutions) from
the aggregate of such accounts or facilities, cash in excess of twenty million dollars (or
such other amount in excess of twenty million dollars as the Minister may prescribe
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