Penalties

32.-(1) Any person who-

(a) acts in contravention of section 17 or 21 of this Law;

(b) knowingly teaches in an unregistered secondary school or in a secondary school which has been struck off the Register of Secondary Schools,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding .250.

(2) Every member of a governing body which acts in contravention of, or fails or neglects to comply with any of the provisions of sections 4, 5, 9(1) or 17 of this Law shall, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Court that he was not a party to such contravention, failure or neglect, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding .250.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of this section contained, it shall be lawful for a teacher employed in any secondary school in existence at the date of the coming into operation of this Law to teach in such school for a period not exceeding one month from such date, and provided that the governing body of the school applies within that period to have the school registered, it shall be lawful for such teacher to continue teaching in such school until a final decision upon the application has been made.