Section 45: General offences, penalties and legal proceedings.

(1) Any person who knowingly makes a false statement for the purpose of procuring enrolment, registration or admission into the Institute, commits an offence.
(2)
A person who is not a registered hospitality, travel and tourism practitioner under this Act but practises as such or holds himself out as being so registered and entitled to practise in that capacity whether for reward or not, or takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is so registered and authorised by law to so practise, commits an offence under this Act.
(3) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on conviction, in the case of-
(a) subsection (1), to a fine of at least N200,000.00 or to imprisonment for a term not more than one year or both; or
(b) subsection (2), to a fine of at least N500,000.00 or to imprisonment for a term not more than two years or both.
(4)
Where any contribution or payment as required under the provisions of this Act is not paid within the time specified for that purpose, a sum equal to 5% of the amount unpaid shall be added for each month or part of the month after the date which payment should have been made and for the purpose of this subsection "contribution or payment”, includes any interest or penalty payable or imposed for non-payment or for late payment, as the case may be.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a contribution or payment is recoverable by action as a debt owed to the Institute at any time from the date when the contribution or payment became due.
(6) A person who contravenes any provision of this Act for which no specific penalty was provided, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not more than N200,000.00 or imprisonment for a term not more than one year or both.
(7)
Subject to section 174 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 any employee of the Institute authorised in that behalf by the Board, and who is a legal practitioner, may, before any court of competent jurisdiction, conduct or defend any complaint or other proceeding arising under this Act.