ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
National Museums and Heritage Act
45. Offences
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
45. Offences
(1)A person who—(a)destroys, removes, injures, alters or defaces or does any act that imperils the preservation of a monument;(b)obstructs the exercise by a heritage warden or other duly authorized person of any of the powers conferred by section 37; or(c)commits a breach of any by-laws regulating the entry of persons into a monument which is used for religious observances, or of any other condition of access to a monument,commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment, and on conviction of an offence against paragraph (a) may be ordered by the convicting court to pay to the National Museums for the purpose of making good any damage caused by that offence such sum of money as may be found by that court to be necessary to defray the cost thereof.(2)In the event of any threatened or continuing act contrary to subsection (1)(a) the High Court may on the application of the National Museums grant an injunction to restrain such act or its continuance.