ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act
17. Penalty for obstruction, etc.
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
17. Penalty for obstruction, etc.
Any person who—(a)delays or obstructs any police officer or any person authorized by the Inspector General of Police, the Director of Medical Services or any other person in the exercise of any of his functions under this Act; or(b)wilfully destroys or mutilates or attempts to destroy or mutilate any books or documents required, or liable to be produced before any police officer or any person authorized by the Inspector General of Police, the Director of Medical Services or any other public officer or any other person or any other authority or a court under any provision of this Act; or(c)refuses or fails to produce, or conceals, or attempts to conceal, any books or documents or stocks of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances when their production is demanded by any person in the exercise of his powers under this Act; or(d)refuses or fails to comply with any lawful order or direction given by any public officer in the course of, or in connection with, the administration of any provision of this Act, not being a non-compliance referred to in paragraph (c),shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment, etc.