ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
National Museums and Heritage Act
59. Power of arrest
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
59. Power of arrest
A police officer or heritage warden may—(a)require any person whom the heritage warden has reason to believe has committed an offence under this Act to supply his name and address and reasonable evidence of his identity, and may without warrant arrest a person who refuses to comply with those requirements; and(b)upon obtaining a warrant, at any time search any person or the premises occupied by any person whom he reasonably suspects of having acquired ownership or possession of a protected object, or of having bought or taken by way of exchange an antiquity, contrary to section 49, and seize anything which has been so acquired, bought or taken by way of exchange, together with any container thereof.