ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Health Act
121. Penalty respecting nuisances
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
121. Penalty respecting nuisances
(1)Any person who fails to obey an order to comply with the requirements of the medical officer of health or otherwise to remove the nuisance shall, unless he satisfies the court that he has used all diligence to carry out such order, be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred shillings for every day during which the default continues; and any person wilfully acting in contravention of a closing order issued under section 120 shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred shillings for every day during which the contravention continues.(2)The medical officer of health may in such case enter the premises to which any such order relates, and remove the nuisance and do whatever may be necessary in the execution of such order, and recover in any competent court the expenses incurred from the person on whom the order is made.