ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Export Processing Zones Act
26. Prohibited activities within the export processing zone
Edition: 2023-07-01 · In force
26. Prohibited activities within the export processing zone
(1)No retail trade in goods produced in the export processing zone or imported into the export processing zone, shall be conducted within the export processing zone.(2)Goods manufactured in an export processing zone shall not be used in the zone for personal consumption.(3)Such business services as approved by the Cabinet Secretary, on advice of the Authority, may be rendered within the export processing zone.(3A)No person shall, in the export processing zone, carry on business involving the importation or handling of used apparel, including used clothing or footwear.(3C)Subject to subsection (3D), no person shall, in the export processing zone, carry on both commercial activities and manufacturing activities.(3D)Subsection (3C) does not apply with respect to the carrying out of commercial and manufacturing activities that a person is licensed to carry out under a licence issued before subsection (3C) came into operation.(3E)The following shall apply with respect to each building in the export processing zone—(a)no person shall commence, on or after the day this subsection comes into operation, to carry on commercial activities in the building if manufacturing activities are already being carried on in the building, by that person or any other person;(b)no person shall commence, on or after the day this subsection comes into operation, to carry on manufacturing activities in the building if commercial activities are already being carried on in the building, by that person or any other person.(4)Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.