Meteorology Act

40. Intellectual Property Rights

Edition: 2026-03-27 · In force

40. Intellectual Property Rights

(1)The Authority shall retain the intellectual property rights on any meteorology data and advisory services, computer programs, inventions, discoveries and improvements generated by the Authority.

(2)A person who obtains any meteorological data, information and other meteorological services from the Authority as a private good shall not, without the consent of the Authority, provide the same to a third party or cause it to be distributed.

(3)A person who uses any information or material of the Authority of publication in any way including in radio, television, social media, internet or other such medium, shall acknowledge the Authority as the source or contributor of such information.

(4)Any person who contravenes provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction be liable for a fine not exceeding five million shillings or imprisonment to a term not exceeding two years, or both.

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Source: Kenya Law