ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Branding of Stock Act
20. Brands of local authorities
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
20. Brands of local authorities
(1)Any local authority may register a brand of any device, provided it is easily distinguishable from any other brand registered under this Act, and such brand may be lawfully used, for the purposes of such local authority and in accordance with any by-laws made by such local authority, on any stock by any person or persons authorised by such local authority.(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9 of this Act, any by-law made by a local authority may specify upon what part or parts of any animal any brand registered under subsection (1) of this section may be imprinted, and such part or parts may be in addition to or in substitution for the part or parts mentioned in the said section 9 in respect of the several animals therein specified.(3)Any person, other than a person authorized under subsection (1) of this section, who—(a)brands any animal with any brand or mark calculated to cause it to be believed that such animal has been branded with a brand registered under subsection (1) of this section; or(b)blotches, defaces, renders illegible or alters any brand registered under subsection (1) of this section without the authority of the local authority in whose name such brand is registered,shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.