ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Explosives Act
7. Restriction of storage or possession of authorized explosives
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
7. Restriction of storage or possession of authorized explosives
(1)No person shall keep, store or be in possession of any authorized explosive in or on any premises—(a)except in an explosives factory or explosives magazine; or(b)unless the explosive is kept for private use, and not for sale or other disposal, and in accordance with rules; or(c)unless the explosive is kept for use in the construction of any railway, road or other public work, in quantities not exceeding two thousand five hundred kilograms in weight, and is stored in a temporary magazine approved by an inspector and under conditions specified in writing by an inspector; or(d)unless the explosive is kept in quantities not exceeding five hundred kilograms in weight, and is stored in an isolated place approved by an inspector and under conditions specified in writing by an inspector; or(e)unless the explosive is kept by a person in possession of a licence, as provided in section 8, to deal in explosives, and in accordance with any conditions attached to that licence or prescribed by the rules.(2)Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section or any condition imposed or prescribed thereunder or mentioned therein shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand shillings, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, and the explosive in respect of which the contravention has taken place shall be forfeited.(3)The owner and the occupier of any premises in, at or on which any contravention of this section has occurred shall be guilty of an offence and liable to the penalties prescribed for any such contravention, unless such owner or occupier (as the case may be) satisfies the Court before which he is charged that he was unaware that any such contravention was occurring or had occurred.