ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Health Act
30. Penalty for letting infected house
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
30. Penalty for letting infected house
(1)Any person who knowingly lets for hire any dwelling or premises or part thereof in which any person has been suffering from an infectious disease without having the same and all articles therein liable to retain infection efficiently disinfected to the satisfaction of a medical officer of health as testified by a certificate signed by him shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding eighty thousand shillings.(2)This section shall apply to any owner or keeper of an hotel or boarding-house who lets any room or part thereof to any person.