ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act
137. Offences relating to inspection Any person who—
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
137. Offences relating to inspection Any person who—
(a)hinders or obstructs an environmental inspector in the exercise of his duties under this Act or regulations made thereunder;(b)fails to comply with a lawful order or requirement made by an environmental inspector in accordance with this Act or regulations made thereunder;(c)refuses an environmental inspector entry upon any land or into any premises, vessel or motor vehicle which he is empowered to enter under this Act or regulations made thereunder;(d)impersonates an environmental inspector;(e)refuses an environmental inspector access to records or documents kept pursuant to the provisions of this Act or regulations made thereunder;(f)fails to state or wrongly states his name or address to an environmental inspector in the cause of his duties under this Act or regulations made thereunder;(g)misleads or gives wrongful information to an environmental inspector under this Act or regulations made thereunder;(h)fails, neglects or refuses to carry out an improvement order issued under this Act by an environmental inspector, commits an offence and shall, on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year but not more than four years, or to a fine of not less than two million shillings but not more than four million shillings, or to both such fine and imprisonment.