Rent Restriction Act
10. Penalty for accepting excess rent
10. Penalty for accepting excess rent
Where, after the commencement of this Act, the landlord of any premises, or any agent, clerk, or other person employed by him, demands or accepts any rent in respect of such premises which exceeds the standard rent thereof by more than any amount permitted under this Act, or demands or accepts an advance of rent exceeding two months’ standard rent, then, without prejudice to any other remedy under this Act, the landlord, agent, clerk, or other person shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding four thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment; and the court by which he is convicted may order that any rent or advance accepted so far as it exceeds the amount permitted under this Act shall be repaid to the tenant.Source: Kenya Law