Section 31 of The Kenya Information and Communications Act CAP 411A: Interception and disclosure

A person who, with intent to— (a) prevent or obstruct the transmission or to delay any message; or (b) intercept or acquaint himself with the contents of any message; or (c) commit mischief,...

Any person who - (a) without permission, enters the equipment room of a telecommunication operator; or (b) enters any enclosure around the telecommunication office in contravention of any rule or...

(1) A person who, while not holding a valid licence under section 25, runs a telecommunication system or provides a telecommunication service, commits an offence. (2) Any person who runs a...

(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall, establish or use any radio communication station or apparatus except in accordance with the terms of a licence granted under section 36. (2) A person...

(1) The Commission may, on application in the prescribed manner, grant a licence authorising any person or persons of a specified class to establish or to use any radio communication station or...

(1) Where an application for the grant or renewal of a radio communication licence is made to the Commission by any person, and the Commission is satisfied that the purpose of the licence is to enable...

(1) The Minister in consultation with the Commission may make regulations generally with respect to radio communication (other than radio communication restricted to the receiving of public...

(1) The Minister in consultation with the Commission may make regulations for the following purposes — (a) for prescribing the requirements to be complied with in the use of any apparatus to which...

(1) The Commission may, by regulations, prescribe technical requirements to be complied with in the case of radio communication apparatus specified in the regulations. (2) The technical requirements...

(1) If the Commission is of the opinion— (a) that any apparatus does not comply with the requirements applicable to it under regulations made for the purpose under subsection (1) of section 40; or...

In any proceedings arising from the provisions of this Part— (a) the occupier of any dwelling house or premises in which there is any radio-communication apparatus shall be deemed to be in possession...

(1) If the Commission is of the opinion that any radio communication apparatus does not comply with the requirements applicable to it under regulations made under section 40, the Commission may serve...

Any person who— (a) by means of radio communication, sends or attempts to send any message which to his knowledge is false or misleading and is to his knowledge likely to prejudice the efficiency of...

Any person who uses any station or apparatus for interfering with any radio communication commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand shillings,...

(1) The provisions relating to radio communication shall apply - (a) to all radio communication stations and radio communication apparatus in or over, or for the time being in or over Kenya or the...

(1) The functions of the Commission in relation to postal services shall be to— (a) ensure that there are provided throughout Kenya good and sufficient postal and other related services, on such...

(1) The Commission shall grant to the public postal licensee the exclusive right to provide private letter boxes or bags and postal services except in relation to - (a) letters weighing more than...

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall operate or provide postal services except in accordance with a valid licence issued in accordance with this Part. (2) A person who...

The Minister shall designate the Postal Corporation of Kenya to be the public postal licensee and may, by notice in the Gazette, assign to it, any of the powers, duties and functions of the Commission...

(1) The Commission may, upon application in the prescribed manner and subject to the conditions specified in section 52 or such other conditions as the Commission may deem necessary, grant a licence...

Every licensee shall be required to observe the following conditions— (a) to provide courier services to any person, who requests for such services where available; (b) to notify the Commission...

The public postal licensee shall have exclusive rights to issue postage stamps and provide private letter boxes subject to such conditions as the Commission may specify.

(1) The person to whom any postal article is tendered for delivery on which postage or any other charge is due shall be liable to pay such postage or other charge unless— (a) he refuses to accept...

(1) Subject to this Act, where any postal article is in the course of transmission by post, no employee of the licensee shall open it or deliver it to any person other than the addressee, or permit it...

(1) On the declaration of any public emergency or in the interest of public safety or tranquillity, the Minister responsible for Internal Security may, by an order in class or description of postal...

(1) No person shall send by post any material or postal article which is likely to injure any person in the course of transmission by post. (2) Except as otherwise provided by regulations made under...

No person shall send by post— (a) any indecent or obscene printing, photograph, lithograph, engraving, book or card or any other indecent or obscene article; (b) any postal article having thereon,...

The Commission may make regulations in respect of the articles prohibited by section 58 and for the detaining, disposing of, or destroying any such postal article sent or tendered for transmission by...

(1) Where any postal article sent by post is reasonably suspected by the public postal licensee or other person licensed to provide postal services under this Act to have been sent in contravention of...

(1) If any licensee under this Part has reason to believe that any postal article contains anything in respect of which an offence is being or has been committed, or is being attempted to be...

If any person refuses to pay any postage or other sum which he is legally bound to pay in respect of any postal article, the licensee may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, withhold...

(1) The Commission shall allow the public postal licensee to carry out postal financial services on its own account. (2) For the purposes of this section, “postal financial services” include money...

Where any person receives— (a) any amount paid to him in respect of a money order by an employee of the public postal licensee, in excess of that which ought to have been paid to him; or (b) any...

In any proceedings for the recovery of any postage or other charge alleged to be due under this Act in respect of any postal article— (a) the production of the postal article having thereon the...

The Minister in consultation with the Commission may make regulations generally with respect to postal services and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, with respect to— (a) the...

A person who otherwise than in accordance with the terms of a valid licence issued under section 51 (a) conveys any letter or postal article; (b) performs any service incidental to conveying, any...

A person who places in or against any letter box provided by the public postal licensee for the reception of postal articles any fire, match or light, or any explosive, dangerous, filthy, noxious, or...

A person who, without the authority of the public postal licensee, affixes any placard, advertisement, notice, document, board or other thing in or on, or paints tar, or in any way disfigures any post...

A person who, being an employee of the public postal licensee or being employed in connection with postal services— (a) opens or permits to be opened any postal article otherwise than in accordance...

Any person, who without lawful excuse, the proof of which shall lie on the person charged, sends or procures to be sent by post, a postal article which has thereon or enclosed therein any word,...

Any person who, not being an employee of the public postal licensee or not being employed in connection with postal services- (a) opens any postal article otherwise than in accordance with this...

Any person who— (a) makes or knowingly utters, deals in, hawks, distributes, or sells any fictitious stamps or knowingly uses for postal purposes any fictitious stamps; (b) has in his possession...

Any person who, without authority from the Commission, places or maintains or permits to be placed or maintained in or on any house, wall, door, window, box, pillar or other place, belonging to him or...

Any person who— (a) sends by post any postal article which is prohibited from being so transmitted under any regulations made under this Act; (b) sends by post, otherwise than in accordance with any...

Any person who unlawfully and wilfully removes, destroys or damages any installation or plant used for postal services commits an offence and shall on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one...

(1) Every application for a licence under this Act shall be in the prescribed form addressed to the Commission and shall be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed. (2) The Commission may, with...

(1) The Commission shall, at least sixty days before granting a licence under this Act, give notice in the Gazette and in such other manner as the Commission considers appropriate - (a) specifying...

The Commission may, upon expiry of the period of notice under section 78 grant a licence to the applicant if satisfied that the applicant should be licensed, subject to such conditions, including the...

A licence granted under this Act shall, unless earlier revoked in accordance with any term in that regard contained in the licence, continue in force for such period as may be specified in the...

A licence issued under this Act may, on application and subject to the payment of the prescribed fee, be renewed for such further period as the Commission may specify: Provided that where the...