ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Survey Act
29. Penalty for tampering with survey marks
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
29. Penalty for tampering with survey marks
Any person, not being duly authorized so to do, who takes away, is found in possession of, removes, destroys or displaces, or alters the position of, any survey mark, or wilfully defaces, mutilates, obliterates or breaks any survey mark, shall be guilty of an offence and liable—(a)if such act was done with intent to defraud, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years; or(b)in any other case, to a fine not exceeding three thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both,and, in addition to or instead of any such penalty, the court convicting a person of any such offence may order that person to pay to the Director the cost of restoring such survey mark (including the cost of any survey made for that purpose).