ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Merchant Shipping Act
200. Seafarer’s identity document
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
200. Seafarer’s identity document
(1)The Cabinet Secretary may make regulations—(a)for the issue to Kenyan seafarers of cards (in this section referred to as “Kenyan seafarer’s identity document”) in such form and containing such particulars with respect to the holders thereof and such other particulars as may be prescribed by the regulations, and for requiring Kenyan seafarers to apply for such cards;(b)for requiring the holders of Kenyan seafarer’s identity document to produce them to such persons and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations;(c)for the surrender of Kenyan seafarer’s identity document in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations;(d)for any incidental or supplementary matters for which the Cabinet Secretary thinks it expedient for the purposes of the regulations to provide,and any provision having effect by virtue of paragraph (a) may be so framed as to apply to all Kenyan seafarers or any description of them, and to have effect subject to any exemptions for which provision may be made by the regulations.(2)Regulations made under this section may make a contravention of any provision thereof an offence.(3)A person who makes a statement which he knows to be false, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, for purposes of obtaining for himself or another person a Kenyan seafarer’s identity document, commits an offence and shall be liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.