ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Branding of Stock Act
26. Inspector may enter any building or place where stock is kept
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
26. Inspector may enter any building or place where stock is kept
(1)Every inspector of brands and every police officer is hereby empowered to enter on or into any part of any holding or place where stock is kept and to inspect any stock, hides, branding-irons or brand and compare the same with the brand certificate and diagram which is produced to him; and every such inspector of brands or police officer may seize any stock and any hides in respect of which the owner has committed any breach of this Act and any branding instrument and any certificate in his possession, and may take them before the nearest magistrate.(2)Any person hindering or impeding any such officer as aforesaid in the execution of his duty or attempting so to do or refusing to produce any branding-iron, instrument or certificate or to permit such officer to inspect any stock shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.(3)Whenever it is reported to a magistrate that any animal has been seized and detained under subsection (1) of this section but that the person who is alleged to have committed an offence or breach in respect of such animal is unknown or cannot be found, the magistrate may, if satisfied by evidence on oath that there is reason to believe that an offence under this Act has been committed in respect of such animal, order that such be forfeited:Provided that no order shall be made under this subsection unless the owner (if his name or whereabouts are known) of such animal has been given an opportunity of appearing before the magistrate to show cause why such order should not be made.