Section 137 of The Environmental Management and Coordination Act CAP 387: Offences relating to inspection Any person who -

(a) hinders or obstructs an environmental inspector in the exercise of his duties under this Act or regulations made thereunder;
(b) fails to comply with a lawful order or requirement made by an environmental inspector in accordance with this Act or regulations made thereunder;
(c) refuses an environmental inspector entry upon any land or into any premises, vessel or motor vehicle which he is empowered to enter under this Act or regulations made thereunder;
(d) impersonates an environmental inspector;
(e) refuses an environmental inspector access to records or documents kept pursuant to the provisions of this Act or regulations made thereunder;
(f) fails to state or wrongly states his name or address to an environmental inspector in the cause of his duties under this Act or regulations made thereunder;
(g) misleads or gives wrongful information to an environmental inspector under this Act or regulations made thereunder;
(h) fails, neglects or refuses to carry out an improvement order issued under this Act by an environmental inspector, commits an offence and shall, on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year but not more than four years, or to a fine of not less than two million shillings but not more than four million shillings, or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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