ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Official Secrets Act
19. Duty to give information as to commission of certain offences
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
19. Duty to give information as to commission of certain offences
(1)Where the Director of Public Prosecutions is satisfied that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under this Act has been, or is about to be, committed and for believing that some person is able to furnish information with regard thereto, he may authorize a gazetted police officer to require that person to give any information in his power relating to the offence or suspected offence and, if so required and on tender of his reasonable expenses, to attend at such reasonable time and place as may be specified by the gazetted police officer.(2)Any person who, having been required in pursuance of an authorization given under subsection (1) of this section to give information or to attend at a specified time and place, fails to comply with the requirement, or knowingly gives false information, shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings, or to both such imprisonment and such fine.