ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Alcoholic Drinks Control Act
7. Control of alcoholic drinks
Edition: 2023-07-01 · In force
7. Control of alcoholic drinks
(1)No person shall—(a)manufacture or otherwise produce;(b)sell, dispose of, or deal with;(c)import or cause to be imported; or(d)export or cause to be exported,any alcoholic drink except under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Act.(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), an alcoholic drink shall be deemed to have been exported when it is placed on a ship, aircraft, train or any other vehicle within Kenya for the purposes of export.(3)Subsection (1) shall not apply to—(a)the bona fide administration or sale for purely medical purposes, and in accordance with any written law for the time being in force governing the administration and sale of medicine, by a medical practitioner, a veterinary surgeon registered under the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Para-professionals Act (Cap. 366) or a pharmacist registered under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap. 244), of a medicine containing alcoholic drink;(b)the sale of spirituous or distilled perfume, or perfumery;(c)the sale of industrial alcohol;(d)the sale by auction by an auctioneer, licensed under the Auctioneers Act (Cap. 526), of an alcoholic drink in quantities not less than those authorized to be sold under a wholesale alcoholic drink licence belonging to a wholesale dealer, on the licensed premises of the dealer;(e)the sale by a deceased person’s legal personal representative of an alcoholic drink forming part of the estate of the deceased person;(f)the sale by a trustee in bankruptcy of an alcoholic drink forming part of the bankrupt’s estate;(g)the sale by the liquidator of a company of an alcoholic drink forming part of the company’s assets;(h)the sale of alcoholic drink at Parliament Buildings, if sold with the permission of the Speaker of the National Assembly;(i)the sale of alcoholic drink to the members only of any canteen, club, institute, mess or similar institution of the disciplined forces:Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to any such canteen, club, institute, mess or similar institution operated by any person for personal profit.