Children Act
139. Charitable children’s institutions and local authorities Whenever a child runs away from any person or institution with whom or with which he has been placed by a charitable children’s institution or appointed local authority, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the secretary, clerk or other appropriate officer of such institution or authority, within forty-eight hours of such occurrence coming to his knowledge, to notify the Director thereof; and any secretary, clerk or other officer who contravenes the provisions of this subsection commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
139. Charitable children’s institutions and local authorities Whenever a child runs away from any person or institution with whom or with which he has been placed by a charitable children’s institution or appointed local authority, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the secretary, clerk or other appropriate officer of such institution or authority, within forty-eight hours of such occurrence coming to his knowledge, to notify the Director thereof; and any secretary, clerk or other officer who contravenes the provisions of this subsection commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
Source: Kenya Law