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- Is amended by 24th Annual Supplement
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LAWS OF KENYA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ACT
CAP. 106
- Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXII—No. 60 on 13 December 1960
- Assented to on 3 December 1960
- Commenced on 13 December 1960
- [Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance, 1961 (Act No. 15 of 1961) on 8 August 1961]
- [Amended by Kenya (Amendment of Laws) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations, 1963 (Legal Notice 604 of 1963) on 1 June 1963]
- [Amended by Kenya (Amendment of Laws) (Written Laws) Order, 1963 (Legal Notice 2 of 1964) on 12 December 1963]
- [Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 1966 (Act No. 21 of 1966) on 12 July 1966]
- [Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Act, 1967 (Act No. 29 of 1967) on 30 November 1967]
- [Amended by Statute Law (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 1997 (Act No. 10 of 1997) on 7 November 1997]
- [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Public Collections Act.2. Interpretation
3. [Repealed by Act No. 10 of 1997, s. 3.]
4. Notification of public collections
5. Unauthorized use of badges, etc.
6. Collector to give name, etc., to police on demand
Any police officer may require any person whom he believes to be acting as a collector for the purposes of a collection to declare to him immediately his name and address, and, if any person fails to comply with a requirement duly made to him under this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty shillings.7. Disposal of property obtained by offences
During or at the conclusion of any trial in respect of an offence under this Act or under any regulations made thereunder and relating to the subject-matter of this Act, the Court may make an order for the return to its owner, if known, or for the forfeiture, of any money or other property produced before it or in its custody or in the custody of any police officer or of any other public officer, which the Court is satisfied was obtained by or in consequence of the commission of an offence under this Act or under any such regulations as aforesaid, whether by the person charged or by any other person.8. Service of documents
Where any order, notice or other document is required by or under this Act or any regulations made thereunder to be served on any person, service thereof may be effected either personally on such person or by registered post; and, where the person to be served is a body corporate or a society or other body of persons, service of any such order, notice or document may be effected by serving it personally on any secretary, director or other officer thereof or on any person concerned or acting in the management thereof, or by leaving it or sending it by registered post addressed to the body corporate, society or body of persons at its registered office, or, where there is no registered office, at any place where it carries on business.9. Offences to be cognizable
Offences under this Act shall be cognizable to the police.10. Offences by corporations, societies, etc.
Where any offence under this Act or under any regulations made thereunder is committed by any company or other body corporate, or by any society, association or body of persons, every person charged with, or concerned or acting in, the control or management of the affairs or activities of such company, body corporate, society, association or body of persons shall be guilty of that offence and liable to be punished accordingly, unless it is proved by such person that, through no act or omission on his part, he was not aware that the offence was being or was intended or about to be committed, or that he took all reasonable steps to prevent its commission.11. Power to order parent or guardian to pay fine imposed on person under eighteen
12. Penalties
Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.[Act No. 15 of 1961, Sch.]13. Regulations
14. [Spent]
History of this document
31 December 2022 this version
Revised by
24th Annual Supplement
07 November 1997
30 November 1967
12 July 1966
12 December 1963
01 June 1963
08 August 1961
13 December 1960
Commenced
03 December 1960
Assented to
Documents citing this one 2
Legal Notice 2
1. | The Statutory Instruments (Exemption from Expiry) Regulations | 1 citation |
2. | The Statutory Instruments (Exemption from Expiry) Regulations |
Subsidiary legislation
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The Public Collections Regulations | Legal Notice 27 of 1961 | 31 December 2022 |