The Kenya Information and Communications Act CAP 411ASection 71 of The Kenya Information and Communications Act CAP 411A: Transmitting offensive material by post
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, drawing or picture of a scurrilous, threatening, obscene or grossly offensive character, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
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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 Act; (…
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 witho…
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 r…
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 r…
(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…
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 licence…
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 Commissi…
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Commission may, from time to time, modify any conditions attached to a licence under this Act. (2) Subject to subsection (4), before making any modificat…
(1) The Commission shall maintain separate registers for the various licences issued under this Act and shall enter therein, in respect of every licence, such particulars as may be prescribed. (2) Any…
(1) There is established a Secretariat to be known as the National Communication Secretariat, headed by a Communications secretary and comprising such other officials as may be determined from time to…
(1) Subject to subsection (3), a telecommunication operator may, with the consent in writing of the owner or occupier of any land, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon betwee…
(1) Where a telecommunication operator licensed by the Commission intends to enter any land under the control of a local authority or other public body, the telecommunication operator shall seek the c…
(1) Where, upon application by a telecommunication operator, the Commission considers that it is necessary land for the purpose of providing telecommunication services to the public, the Commission ma…
(1) On the declaration of any public emergency or in the interest of public safety and tranquillity, the Minister for the time being responsible for internal security may, by order in writing, direct…
(1) If a court is satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground for suspecting that an offence under the provisions of this Act has been or is being committed, and that the evidence…
(1) A search warrant granted under section 89 may authorise the person or persons named in it to seize and detain, for the purposes of any relevant proceedings, any radio-communication apparatus, tele…
(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Act for the contravening of any of the provisions relating to any radio communication station or telecommunication system, or any radiocommunic…
(1) Any property seized by a person authorised by a warrant under section 89 may be detained— (a) until the end of the period of six months from the date of the seizure; or (b) if proceedings in respe…
(1) No information with respect to any particular business which— (a) has been obtained under or by virtue of the provisions of this Act; and (b) relates to the private affairs of any individual or to…
(1) Subject to subsection (7), any person who establishes or operates, under any written law or otherwise, any undertaking for the supply of electricity (in this section referred to as “the undertaker…
Where any person erects any building or structure which is likely to cause interference with the telecommunication, or radio communication or postal services, the telecommunication operator or, as the…
(1) Where any offence under this Act has been committed by a company or body corporate, every person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, general manager, company secretary…
(1) Where any employee of the Commission dies or leaves property of the service of the Commission and at the time of such death or termination of service any premises of the Commission were occupied b…
Where any action or other legal proceeding is commenced against the Commission for any act done in pursuance or execution, or intended execution of this Act or of any public duty or authority, or in r…
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law— (a) where any judgement or order has been obtained against the Commission no execution or attachment, or process in the nature thereof, shall be is…
Any notice or other document required or authorised under this Act to be served on the Commission may be served— (a) by delivering of the notice or other document to the Director-General or to any oth…
Any notice or other document required or authorised under this Act to be served on any person by the Commission or the Director-General or any employee may be served— (a) by delivering it to that pers…
(1) There shall be established an Appeals Tribunal for the purpose of arbitrating in cases where disputes arise between the parties under this Act which shall consist of— (a) a chairman who shall be a…
(1) The Kenya Posts and Telecommunication Corporation Act (Cap. 411) is repealed. (2) The provisions of the Third Schedule shall, upon the repeal of the Kenya Posts and Telecommunication Corporation A…
