Penalties
Penalties and other consequences
Amounts are copied from the cited source. Nothing on this page is a forecast of a fine, and overlapping fines are not added together. Guyana figures are in GYD. United States references stay in USD. Where the source is conflicting or uncertain, the row is flagged.
Whole-catalogue caveat. Even a row without a flag still needs a check for later amendments. This is source-checked research as of 8 November 2026, not a counsel-approved publication.
| ID | Section | Offence | Fine as stated | What else can follow | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BACKLOG-01 GEA · NONE |
Not extracted |
GEA 2024 petroleum-product offences
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| BACKLOG-02 SHIP · NONE |
Not extracted |
Shipping, port and river offences
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| BACKLOG-03 TAX · NONE |
Not extracted |
Income tax, corporation tax, PAYE, withholding and excise offences
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| BACKLOG-04 NIS · NONE |
Not extracted |
National insurance contribution offences
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| BACKLOG-05 EMPLOY · NONE |
Not extracted |
Employment and immigration offences
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| BACKLOG-06 AML · NONE |
Not extracted |
AML/CFT offences
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| BACKLOG-07 CO · NONE |
Not extracted |
Corporate filing offences
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| BACKLOG-08 DPA · NONE |
Not extracted |
Data protection and cybercrime offences
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| BACKLOG-09 PREMISES · NONE |
Not extracted |
Planning, fire, road and aviation offences
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| BACKLOG-10 PSA · NONE |
Not extracted |
Project-specific administrative sanctions in a licence or permit
Verify with counsel
The research snapshot lists this family as unverified. No fine was copied because none was established in the source note. |
Not stated in the starter catalogue. Silence is not a statement that there is no penalty. | Enter this only as an individual reviewed rule before it is used as guidance. | Source Unverified backlog as of 8 November 2026. No amount is invented. |
| P01 PAA · GYD |
84(1) | Failure to comply with Act, licence, subsidiary legislation or direction where no specific penalty exists | Not less than 5,000,000 | No additional sanction asserted in this row | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P02 PAA · GYD |
84(2)(a)-(c) | Knowing and wilful violation, false filing/certification, or disclosure of protected confidential information | Not less than 30,000,000 | Three years imprisonment; officer liability subject to s84(3). Minimum, not maximum. Enacted Gazette p546 visually checked. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P03 PAA · GYD |
85 | Forfeiture following conviction under Act | Not a fixed monetary fine | Court may forfeit vehicles, aircraft, vessels, machinery/equipment used; petroleum produced, proceeds or assessed wellhead value as specified. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P04 PAA · GYD |
86(1) |
Late payment of an amount due under Act/licence/applicable petroleum agreement
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
Additional 1/3 of 1% per day, compounded on unpaid balance | Source text inspected; payment currency follows underlying obligation. Calculation needs counsel approval. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P05 LCA · GYD |
23(1) |
False or misleading submission, knowing or ought reasonably to know
Verify with counsel
The June 2025 Local Content Secretariat guideline states an individual false-submission fine of GYD 1,000,000. Enacted section 23(1) states GYD 5,000,000 for an individual and GYD 10,000,000 for a body corporate. The amount shown is the enacted text. Verify with counsel before relying on either figure. The June 2025 Local Content Secretariat guideline states an individual false-submission fine of GYD 1,000,000. Enacted section 23(1) states GYD 5,000,000 for an individual and GYD 10,000,000 for a body corporate. The amount shown is the enacted text. Verify with counsel before relying on either figure. |
Individual 5,000,000; body corporate 10,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P06 LCA · GYD |
23(2) | Guyanese national/company aiding or abetting defeat of local content obligations | Individual 5,000,000; body corporate 10,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P07 LCA · GYD |
23(3)(a) | False/misleading information for certificate of qualification | 10,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P08 LCA · GYD |
23(3)(b) | Petroleum operations without minimum local content requirement | 50,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P09 LCA · GYD |
23(3)(c) | Failure to submit plan, return, report, record or required document | 5,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P10 LCA · GYD |
23(3)(d) | Late submission of required document | 1,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P11 LCA · GYD |
23(3)(e) | Failure to satisfy prescribed content of approved local content plan | 10,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P12 LCA · GYD |
23(3)(f) | Failure to submit performance report | 1,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P13 LCA · GYD |
23(3)(g) | Failure to comply with Minister/Secretariat review or information request | 1,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P14 LCA · GYD |
22(3) | Publishing information contrary to confidentiality restriction in s22(1) | 1,000,000 | Summary conviction; officer liability may arise under s24 on specified consent, connivance or neglect. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P15 EPA · GYD |
15(1); Fifth Schedule (d) |
Failure to carry out required EIA or starting project without required environmental permit
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
70,000-300,000 (natural-person band) | Schedule term: 3 months. Under s43(1), court shall impose fine and may impose prescribed imprisonment. Corporate fine bands double under Schedule proviso; apply s41 officer-liability test. Counsel to resolve anomalous corporate-imprisonment wording, not applied automatically. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P16 EPA · GYD |
33(1); Fifth Schedule (d) |
Breach of enforcement notice or failure to give required information
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
70,000-300,000 (natural-person band) | Schedule term: 3 months. Under s43(1), court shall impose fine and may impose prescribed imprisonment. Corporate fine bands double under Schedule proviso; apply s41 officer-liability test. Counsel to resolve anomalous corporate-imprisonment wording, not applied automatically. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P17 EPA · GYD |
33(2); Fifth Schedule (e) |
Knowing/reckless materially false or misleading statement in required information
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
75,000-500,000 (natural-person band) | Schedule term: 6 months. Under s43(1), court shall impose fine and may impose prescribed imprisonment. Corporate fine bands double under Schedule proviso; apply s41 officer-liability test. Counsel to resolve anomalous corporate-imprisonment wording, not applied automatically. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P18 EPA · GYD |
37(2); Fifth Schedule (b) |
Wilful failure to report information about an environmental offence
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
30,000-80,000 (natural-person band) | Schedule term: None specified in band. Under s43(1), court shall impose fine and may impose prescribed imprisonment. Corporate fine bands double under Schedule proviso; apply s41 officer-liability test. Counsel to resolve anomalous corporate-imprisonment wording, not applied automatically. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P19 EPA · GYD |
38; Fifth Schedule (c) |
Assaulting, obstructing or hindering authorised officer
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
60,000-150,000 (natural-person band) | Schedule term: None specified in band. Under s43(1), court shall impose fine and may impose prescribed imprisonment. Corporate fine bands double under Schedule proviso; apply s41 officer-liability test. Counsel to resolve anomalous corporate-imprisonment wording, not applied automatically. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P20 EPA · GYD |
39(1); Fifth Schedule (f) |
Intentional/reckless material environmental harm with requisite knowledge
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
300,000-750,000 (natural-person band) | Schedule term: 1 year. Under s43(1), court shall impose fine and may impose prescribed imprisonment. Corporate fine bands double under Schedule proviso; apply s41 officer-liability test. Counsel to resolve anomalous corporate-imprisonment wording, not applied automatically. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P21 EPA · GYD |
39(2); Fifth Schedule (e) |
Material environmental harm by pollution
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
75,000-500,000 (natural-person band) | Schedule term: 6 months. Under s43(1), court shall impose fine and may impose prescribed imprisonment. Corporate fine bands double under Schedule proviso; apply s41 officer-liability test. Counsel to resolve anomalous corporate-imprisonment wording, not applied automatically. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P22 EPA · GYD |
39(3); Fifth Schedule (h) |
Intentional/reckless serious environmental harm with requisite knowledge
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
800,000-2,000,000 (natural-person band) | Schedule term: 5 years. Under s43(1), court shall impose fine and may impose prescribed imprisonment. Corporate fine bands double under Schedule proviso; apply s41 officer-liability test. Counsel to resolve anomalous corporate-imprisonment wording, not applied automatically. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P23 EPA · GYD |
39(4); Fifth Schedule (f) |
Serious environmental harm by pollution
Verify with counsel
The cited source tells the reader to resolve the wording or the calculation with counsel. |
300,000-750,000 (natural-person band) | Schedule term: 1 year. Under s43(1), court shall impose fine and may impose prescribed imprisonment. Corporate fine bands double under Schedule proviso; apply s41 officer-liability test. Counsel to resolve anomalous corporate-imprisonment wording, not applied automatically. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P24 EPA · GYD |
40 | Continuing contravention after conviction | 1/5 of maximum applicable fine per continuing day | Separate further offence after conviction, not automatically from first day of breach. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P25 EPA · GYD |
25; 43-45; 47-48 | Environmental breach: administrative/civil consequences | Case-specific; no fixed amount asserted | Authorisation cancellation/suspension or variation subject to s25; court remedies, benefit-based additional fine, compensation, injunction/civil proceedings subject to cited sections. Not automatic on any breach. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P26 SPILL · GYD |
31(1),32; Third Schedule(a) |
General failure to comply; missing plans/reports/records; noncompliance with orders
Verify with counsel
The source marks commencement, numbering, or currentness as unverified. |
1,000,000-10,000,000 | Summary conviction s37 conditional officer liability; s31(2) addresses overlapping criminal liability, so do not stack similar offences mechanically. | Source Enacted text verified; commencement/order NOT verified as of 8 Nov 2026. Readiness only; do not label enforceable. |
| P27 SPILL · GYD |
33; Third Schedule(b) |
Failure to provide financial assurance
Verify with counsel
The source marks commencement, numbering, or currentness as unverified. |
15,000,000-75,000,000 | Indictment; vessel clearance withheld/revoked; relevant facility or deep-water port licence may be suspended; restoration provisions in s33(4). s37 conditional officer liability; s31(2) addresses overlapping criminal liability, so do not stack similar offences mechanically. | Source Enacted text verified; commencement/order NOT verified as of 8 Nov 2026. Readiness only; do not label enforceable. |
| P28 SPILL · GYD |
34; Third Schedule(c) |
Failure to notify Competent National Authority of oil spill
Verify with counsel
The source marks commencement, numbering, or currentness as unverified. |
20,500,000-1,000,000,000 | Indictment and imprisonment not less than 3 years. s37 conditional officer liability; s31(2) addresses overlapping criminal liability, so do not stack similar offences mechanically. | Source Enacted text verified; commencement/order NOT verified as of 8 Nov 2026. Readiness only; do not label enforceable. |
| P29 SPILL · GYD |
35; Third Schedule(d) |
Failure or refusal to respond to oil spill
Verify with counsel
The source marks commencement, numbering, or currentness as unverified. |
50,500,000-2,000,000,000 | Indictment and imprisonment not less than 3 years; possible clearance revocation or relevant licence suspension/revocation. s37 conditional officer liability; s31(2) addresses overlapping criminal liability, so do not stack similar offences mechanically. | Source Enacted text verified; commencement/order NOT verified as of 8 Nov 2026. Readiness only; do not label enforceable. |
| P30 SPILL · GYD |
36; Third Schedule(b) |
Failure to reimburse State removal costs/damages under s22
Verify with counsel
The source marks commencement, numbering, or currentness as unverified. |
15,000,000-75,000,000 | Indictment; removal costs and damages also payable; possible forfeiture of domestic assets up to unreimbursed amount. s37 conditional officer liability; s31(2) addresses overlapping criminal liability, so do not stack similar offences mechanically. | Source Enacted text verified; commencement/order NOT verified as of 8 Nov 2026. Readiness only; do not label enforceable. |
| P31 CUSTOMS · GYD |
Customs Act Cap 82:01, 217(1)(a) | False customs declaration | 25,000 | Summary conviction together with imprisonment for 3 years; GRA notice quotes statute. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P32 CUSTOMS · GYD |
Customs Act Cap 82:01, 218(d) | Knowing dealings in uncustomed goods with intent to defraud/evade | Treble goods value OR 10,000 at Comptroller election | One year imprisonment and goods forfeiture; per quoted provision, not an unrestricted choice for offender. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P33 VAT · GYD |
VAT Act Cap 81:05, 72 | Failure to lodge VAT return | Not exceeding 15,000 | Conviction; subsequent failure beyond Commissioner-set further period: 2,000 per day and 3 months imprisonment. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P34 VAT · GYD |
VAT Act Cap 81:05, 82 | Late VAT return, civil penalty | Greater of 1,000 per day/part OR 10% of tax payable per month/part outstanding | Use exact two time bases; do not calculate 10% once only. 2026 GRA policy clarifies older summary wording. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P35 VAT · GYD |
VAT Act Cap 81:05, 86 | Repeated failure to file return | No new fixed fine asserted | Court-ordered premises closure of 3-30 days; not automatic. | Source Verified in cited source; current amendments require legal sign-off |
| P36 OSH · GYD |
79(1) in Labour-hosted consolidation |
Registration failures/obstruction enumerated in subsection
Verify with counsel
The source marks commencement, numbering, or currentness as unverified. The source says not to publish the figure as current. |
25,000; corporate maximum under s79(5) 500,000 | Summary conviction; precise offence application requires review. | Source Verified only in Labour-hosted 2012 consolidation; chapter/section mismatch with other official copy. Current numbering/amendments UNVERIFIED: do not publish as current until counsel resolves. |
| P37 OSH · GYD |
79(3) in Labour-hosted consolidation |
Specified notices/orders and registers breaches
Verify with counsel
The source marks commencement, numbering, or currentness as unverified. The source says not to publish the figure as current. |
25,000; continuing 1,000/day after conviction | See enumerated paragraphs, not every OSH offence. | Source Verified only in Labour-hosted 2012 consolidation; chapter/section mismatch with other official copy. Current numbering/amendments UNVERIFIED: do not publish as current until counsel resolves. |
| P38 OSH · GYD |
79(4) in Labour-hosted consolidation |
Residual contravention with no other specified penalty
Verify with counsel
The source marks commencement, numbering, or currentness as unverified. The source says not to publish the figure as current. |
10,000-50,000 | Imprisonment not more than 12 months; subject to subsections (5),(6). | Source Verified only in Labour-hosted 2012 consolidation; chapter/section mismatch with other official copy. Current numbering/amendments UNVERIFIED: do not publish as current until counsel resolves. |
| US-13Q-UNVERIFIED 13Q · USD |
Exchange Act and Sarbanes-Oxley, as the facts require |
Rule 13q-1 or SOX reporting or control issue
Verify with counsel
The catalogue does not contain a verified fixed penalty for this row. |
Exact offence and penalty unverified. No fixed per-late-report fine is stated. | Enforcement and remedies depend on the underlying violation, the issuer and the conduct. | Source Unverified. No amount is supplied. |
| US-BENCHMARK-GAP OSHA-PSM · USD |
No US offence established merely by a benchmark |
OSHA, BSEE or US EPA benchmark gap at a Guyana asset
Verify with counsel
A benchmark gap is not converted into a fine. |
Not a US fine calculation. | Record an internal or contractual gap. Guyana law, or a real US nexus, is assessed separately. | Source No US fine is established by the benchmark alone. |
| US-FCPA-BOOKS FCPA-BOOKS · USD |
15 USC 78ff(a), underlying 78m |
Wilful violation of the accounting provisions
Verify with counsel
Alternative fines and the knowledge element need counsel before this is treated as the outcome. |
Non-natural person up to USD 25 million. Individual up to USD 5 million and/or 20 years. | Knowledge and rule limitations, and alternative-fine rules, need counsel. SEC civil remedies are separate. | Source Statutory reference only. Not a case prediction. |
| US-FCPA-BRIBERY FCPA · USD |
15 USC 78dd-2(g); 78ff(c); 18 USC 3571 |
FCPA anti-bribery, domestic concern or issuer
Verify with counsel
Civil adjusted amounts are unverified, and the individual statutory figure is not an unqualified maximum. |
Entity up to USD 2 million per violation. Individual statutory text says USD 100,000 and up to 5 years; the general criminal fine provision can increase the individual ceiling to USD 250,000. Do not present USD 100,000 as an unqualified current maximum. Civil inflation-adjusted amounts were not verified. | Alternative fine up to twice gross gain or loss may apply under 18 USC 3571(d). A fine on an officer cannot be paid by the company under the specified FCPA provisions. | Source Statutory reference only. 2026 civil amounts are unverified. Not a prediction of any case. |
| US-IEEPA OFAC · USD |
50 USC 1705(c) |
Wilful IEEPA-based sanctions offence
Verify with counsel
The inflation-adjusted civil ceiling was not verified. Do not use the statutory baseline as the current civil number. |
Up to USD 1 million; natural person up to 20 years, or both. The civil baseline in 1705(b) of USD 250,000 or twice the transaction, whichever is greater, is inflation adjusted. Do not use 250,000 as the current civil ceiling. | Other sanctions authorities may differ. | Source Criminal statutory reference. Current civil ceiling unverified. |