ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Registration of Persons Act
10. Production and inspection of identity cards
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
10. Production and inspection of identity cards
(1)Any authority to whom a person required to be registered under this Act applies for the grant of any licence, permit or other document, or for the exercise of its lawful or judicial functions, may require the applicant to produce his identity card, and, if the applicant when so required does not produce his identity card or other proof to the satisfaction of the authority that he has been registered, the authority may, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law for the time being in force, defer consideration of the application until the applicant produces either his identity card or other proof.(2)During such times and within such areas as the Cabinet Secretary may by notice in the Gazette appoint, any person authorized by the Principal Registrar in writing in that behalf may require any person to whom this Act applies to produce his identity card, or, if the person fails to produce his identity card when required so to do, may require him to produce it within such time, to such person and at such place as the person making the requirement may think fit.(3)Any person purporting to act under subsection (2) shall, if so requested by any person from whom he has required the production of an identity card, produce for inspection by that person the written authority under which he purports to be acting.(4)The Principal Registrar, the Deputy Principal Registrar or any of the persons appointed under section 4(2) may, in the lawful exercise of his duties or functions under this Act, require a person to whom this Act applies to produce for inspection his identity card, and if the person fails to produce the identity card when required so to do, may require him to produce it within such time, to such person and at such place as the person making the requirement may think fit.