ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
National Museums and Heritage Act
51. Offences
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
51. Offences
A person who—(a)without just cause fails to furnish the National Museums with full particulars of all objects in his possession which he knows or believes to be antiquities or protected objects, after being required in writing so to do within the period lawfully specified by a notice, as provided under section 47;(b)wilfully destroys or damages an antiquity or protected object;(c)removes an antiquity or protected object contrary to section 48; or(d)sells or otherwise parts with ownership or possession of a protected object, or sells or buys or gives or takes by way of exchange an antiquity, contrary to section 49,commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or twice the value of the antiquity or protected object concerned, whichever is the greater, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment.