Section 20 of The Land Control Act CAP. 302: Registration of documents

(1) The registrar shall refuse to register an instrument effecting a controlled transaction unless he is satisfied that any consent required by this Act to be obtained in respect of the transaction has been given, or that no consent is required.
(2) If the registrar contravenes subsection (1) of this section in relation to a share, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.