ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Civil Aviation (Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods By Air) Regulations, 2025
43. Offences and penalties
Edition: 2026-03-25 · In force
43. Offences and penalties
(1)The Authority shall take appropriate action to achieve compliance with its dangerous goods Regulations, including the prescription of appropriate penalties for violations.(2)when information about a violation is received from another Contracting State, such as when a consignment of dangerous goods is found not to comply with the requirements of the Technical Instructions on arrival to Kenya the Authority shall report the matter to the State of Origin.(3)If any provision of these Regulations, orders, notices or proclamations made under the Regulation is contravened and without prejudice to the liability of any other person under these Regulations for that contravention, will be deemed to have contravened that provision unless he proves that the contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he or she exercised all due diligence to prevent the contravention.(4)A person who contravenes any provision specified as an “A” provision in the civil Aviation Act commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one million shillings for each offence and or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.(5)A person who contravenes any provision specified as a “B” provision in the Civil Aviation Act commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two million shillings for each offence and or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.(6)A person who contravenes any provision of these Regulations not being a provision referred to in the Civil Aviation Act commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one million shillings, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction for the like offence to a fine not exceeding two million shillings.