ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Statutory Instruments Act
24. Exercise of powers
Edition: 2024-12-27 · In force
24. Exercise of powers
(1)Where any statutory instrument or appointment or any other thing purports to be made or done in exercise of a particular power, it shall be deemed also to be made or done in exercise of all powers thereunto enabling.(2)A statutory instrument shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the enabling legislation, or of any Act, and the statutory instrument shall be void to the extent of the inconsistency.(3)Where an enactment confers a power to make a statutory instrument it shall be deemed also to include a power exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions (if any) to amend, repeal or replace any the statutory instrument.(4)Where any enactment power is conferred on any person to make a statutory instrument or to do anything for any general purpose, and also for any special purposes incidental thereto, the enumeration of the special purposes shall not derogate from the generality of the general purpose.(5)There may be annexed to the breach of statutory instrument a penalty, not exceeding Kenya Shilling one million or such term of imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, which the regulation making authority may think fit.