Kenya Railways Corporation Act CAP 397

Section 80 of Kenya Railways Corporation Act CAP 397: Property of the Corporation in custody of employee, etc.

(1) Where any employee dies or leaves the service of the Corporation and, at the time of such death or termination of service, any property of the Corporation was in his possession or custody or any premises of the Corporation were occupied by him, it shall be the duty of such employee, or, in the event of his death, of the person in whose possession the property may be or who may be occupying such premises, as soon as practicable to deliver such property to the Corporation or to vacate such premises.
(2) If any property or premises to which subsection (1) refers is not delivered to the Corporation or vacated, the Managing Director shall give notice in writing to the person appearing to him most likely to be in possession of such property or in occupation of such premises to deliver to the Corporation such property or vacate such premises within such time as may be specified in the notice; and if such property is not so delivered or such premises are not so vacated within such time, the Managing Director may, without prejudice to any other means of recovery apply to a magistrate for an order empowering a police officer to enter and search any house or building where such property is believed to be and to deliver such property if found to the Corporation or, as the case may require, to evict from such premises any person found therein.

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