(10) The amount of any penalty imposed in terms of subsection (9) shall form part of the funds of the Commission. (11) Any mass media owner who is aggrieved by any decision or order of the Commission made in terms of this section may, within twenty-eight days after being notified of the decision or action of the Commission concerned, appeal in writing to the Minister, submitting with his appeal such fee as may be prescribed. (12) For the purpose of determining an appeal noted in terms of subsection (11), the Minister may require the Commission to furnish him with the reasons for the decision or action that is the subject of the appeal and a copy of any evidence upon which the reasons are based. (13) The Minister, after due and expeditious inquiry, may make such order on any appeal noted in terms of subsection (11) as he considers just. (14) An appeal shall lie to the Administrative Court against any order of the Minister in terms of subsection (12). (15) An appeal in terms of subsection (14) shall be made in the form and manner and within the period prescribed in rules of court. 72 Penalties for operating mass media service without registration certificate (1) No person shall carry on or operate a mass media service without a valid registration certificate, licence or permit issued in terms of this Act or any other law. (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. (3) In addition to any fine imposed in terms of subsection (2) and without derogation from any of its powers granted under any enactment a court convicting a person of contravening subsection (1) may declare forfeited to the State any product, equipment or apparatus used for the purpose of or in connection with the offence. (4) The proviso to subsection (1) and subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) of section 62 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in relation to a declaration made in terms of subsection (3). 73 Accrual of rights and duties (1) The rights and duties of the mass media owner and the mass media service set out in this Act shall commence from the date of registration of a mass media service, while those set out in the memorandum or articles of association of the mass media service shall commence from the date of incorporation. (2) The mass media owner, mass media service, or distributor may in addition institute mutual rights and duties on a contractual basis provided that they do not contravene the provisions of this Act or any other law. 74 News agencies (1) Subject to this Act, no person shall carry on or operate a news agency without a valid registration certificate issued in terms of this Part. (2) Sections sixty-eight to seventy-three shall apply to the registration of a news agency. 32