Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act

47. Dealing with suspect property

Edition: 2025-08-19 · In force

47. Dealing with suspect property

(1)A person who deals with property that he believes or has reason to believe was acquired in the course of or as a result of corrupt conduct is guilty of an offence.

(2)For the purposes of this section, a person deals with property if the person—

(a)holds, receives, conceals or uses the property or causes the property to be used; or

(b)enters into a transaction in relation to the property or causes such a transaction to be entered into.

(3)In this section, "corrupt conduct" means—

(a)conduct constituting corruption or economic crime; or

(b)conduct that took place before this Act came into operation and which—

(i)at the time, constituted an offence; and

(ii)if it had taken place after this Act came into operation, would have constituted corruption or economic crime.

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Source: Kenya Law