ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Kenya Information and Communications Act
27C. Duties of telecommunication subscribers
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
27C. Duties of telecommunication subscribers
(1)A subscriber of telecommunications services shall—(a)provide the registration details required under section 27A;(b)report to a telecommunications operator or a police station when his or her SIM-card is lost or stolen, within forty-eight hours of being lost or stolen or such other period as may be prescribed;(c)report any change in any identification details to a telecommunications operator within thirty days of the change taking place.(2)A subscriber shall be prima facie liable for activities or transactions carried out using a SIM-card, registered under the subscriber's name.(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), a subscriber shall not be held liable if the subscriber can prove that he or she was not in control of the SIM-card at the time a particular activity or transaction was carried out.(4)A person who contravenes this section, or knowingly provides false information to a telecommunications operator or registration agent commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both.