The South African Judiciary has published a series of directives which outline how much citizens will have to pay in ‘admission of guilt’ fines if they are found to breach the country’s lockdown rules.<\/p>\n
The South African Police Service may give a person, who has been arrested on suspicion of a less serious crime, an option<\/a> <\/strong>to pay an admission of guilt fine.<\/p>\n Such a fine allows a person to admit guilt for a less serious offence without having to appear in court. This prevents an unnecessary overload of the court system.<\/p>\n It is meant to resolve less serious matters quickly where an accused person accepts responsibility for having committed a minor offence.<\/p>\n The directives are based on provincial and magistrate districts, and are in line with the new level 4 lockdown regulations which were introduced from 1 May.<\/p>\n The directives also provide on how the court plans to deal with these cases, with KZN indicating that it will reserve judgement for breaches it deems<\/a> <\/strong>trivial.<\/p>\n While the fines differ between regions, the below table provides an idea of what you can expect to pay based on the directive for Tshwane.<\/p>\n Not all regions have published directives, but details are available for these areas:<\/p>\n Tshwane Fines 7 May 2020<\/a> by BusinessTech<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n\n
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\n Charge<\/th>\n Fine<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n Making a misrepresentation that any person is infected with Covid-19<\/td>\n R3 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Publishing any statement to deceive any other person about Covid-19<\/td>\n R2 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Publishing any statement to deceive any other person about the infection status of any person<\/td>\n R3 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Intentionally exposing another person to Covid-19<\/td>\n R5 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Disclosing any information in the Covid-19 database<\/td>\n R1 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Convening a gathering<\/td>\n R3 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Failure to confine oneself to one’s place of residence<\/td>\n R500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Going to work without a permit<\/td>\n R500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Buy goods that are not permitted<\/td>\n R500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Illegally move children<\/td>\n R1 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Illegally walk, run, or cycle<\/td>\n R500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Illegally leaving residence during curfew (20h00 – 05h00)<\/td>\n R500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Illegally moving between provinces, metropolitan areas and districts<\/td>\n R1 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Illegal eviction of a person<\/td>\n R5 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Visit places and premises closed to the public<\/td>\n R1 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Sell, dispense or distribute liquor<\/td>\n R2 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Sell tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and related products<\/td>\n R1 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Retail stores selling illegal goods<\/td>\n R1 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n