ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
National Transport and Safety Authority Act
42. Power to stop and inspect vehicles
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
42. Power to stop and inspect vehicles
(1)A police officer in uniform may stop and inspect any vehicle with a view to ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder have been complied with, and may demand for inspection the production of any licence, certificate, document or record of any description whatsoever which may, under the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder be required to be carried on such vehicle and may require the driver or any other person travelling on such vehicle to give such information as such police officer may reasonably request in order to ascertain whether or not the provisions of this Act on regulations are being complied with.(2)A person who obstructs any police officer in the exercise of the powers conferred on such police officer by this section, or fails to comply with any lawful order given by such police officer or refuses to give any information when requested so to do by such police officer, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings, and in the case of a second or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.