Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act

98. Offences relating to pesticides and toxic substances

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

98. Offences relating to pesticides and toxic substances

(1)No person shall—

(a)detach, alter or destroy any labelling on a pesticide or toxic substance contrary to the provisions of this Act;

(b)change the composition of a pesticide or toxic substance, contrary to the provisions of this Act; or

(c)use or dispose into the environment a pesticide or toxic substance in contravention of the provisions of this Act.

(2)No person shall distribute, sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, import, deliver for importation to, or receive from, deliver or offer to deliver to any other person any unregistered pesticide or toxic substance.

(3)Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine of not more than one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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Source: Kenya Law