ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Forest Conservation and Management Act
65. Counterfeiting or unlawfully affixing marks
Edition: 2026-06-16 · In force
65. Counterfeiting or unlawfully affixing marks
Any person who, without lawful authority—(a)marks any forest produce, or affixes upon any forest produce, a mark ordinarily used by a forest officer to indicate that the forest produce is the property of the Service or the County Department responsible for forestry, or that it may or has been lawfully cut or removed;(b)alters, obliterates, removes or defaces any stamp, mark, sign, licence, permit or other document lawfully issued under the authority of this Act, or removes or destroys any part or a tree bearing the stamp or other mark used by any forest officer;(c)covers any tree stump in any national or county forest with brushwood or earth, or by any other means whatsoever conceals, destroys, or removes or attempts to conceal, destroy or remove such tree stump or any part thereof;(d)wears any uniform or part of a uniform, or any badge or other mark issued by the Service to be worn by forest officers or other employees of the Service, or who in any other way holds himself out to be an employee of the Service; or(e)counterfeits or issues without lawful authority any licence or other document purporting it to be a licence or document issued under this Act or any rules made thereunder,commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.