Kenya Railways Corporation Act CAP 397

Section 69 of Kenya Railways Corporation Act CAP 397: Offences by passengers

Any person who, being a passenger on any train, vessel or vehicle of the Corporation—
(a) enters any part thereof reserved for use of another person, or already containing the maximum number of persons authorized for that part, and refuses to leave that part after being required to do so by an authorized employee;
(b) resists or obstructs the lawful entry of any person into any part
thereof not already containing the maximum number of persons authorized for that part;
(c) refuses or fails to obey the requirement of an authorized employee made under section 40;
(d) knowingly enters or refuses to leave any part thereof not intended for the use of passengers;
(e) without reasonable cause uses or interferes with any means of
communication provided thereon for communication between passengers and any employee therein; or
(f) knowingly enters, or refuses to leave after being required so to do,
any part thereof provided for the exclusive use of persons of a different class or sex,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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