ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Health Act
55. Publication of advertisements of cures
Edition: 2026-07-10 · In force
55. Publication of advertisements of cures
(1)No person shall publish any advertisement or statement intended to promote the sale of any medicine, appliance or article for the alleviation or cure of any venereal disease or disease affecting the generative organs or functions, or of sexual impotence, or of any complaint or infirmity arising from or relating to sexual intercourse.(2)Any person who publishes any such advertisement or statement by printing it in any newspaper or exhibiting it to public view in any place or delivering or offering or exhibiting it to any person in any street or public place or in any public conveyance, or who sells, offers or shows it or sends it by post to any person, shall be guilty of an offence.(3)For the purposes of this section, "advertisement" and "statement" include any paper, document or book containing any such advertisement or statement, as the case may be.(4)This section shall not apply to publications by the Medical Department or by any municipal council, public hospital or other public body in the discharge of its lawful duties or by any society or person acting with the authority of the Cabinet Secretary first obtained, or to any books, documents or papers published in good faith for the advancement of medical science.