Rev. 2011]
Kenya Information and Communications
CAP. 411A
45. 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 one million shillings, or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
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Deliberate
interference with
radio communication.
1 of 2009, s.15.
Extent of the
46. (1) The provisions relating to radio communication shall application of
apply—
provisions relating to
radio communication.
(a) to all radio communication stations and radio communication
apparatus in or over, or for the time being in or over Kenya
or the territorial waters adjacent thereto; and
(b) subject to any limitations which the Commission may, by
regulations, determine, to all radio communication stations
and radio communication apparatus which is released from
within Kenya or its territorial waters, or from any vessel or
aircraft which is registered in Kenya.
(2) Without prejudice to the liability of any other person, in the
event of the contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) or of any
regulations or orders made thereunder, occurring in relation to any
radio-communication station or radio communication apparatus on
board or released from any vessel or aircraft, the captain or the person,
for the time being, in charge of the vessel or aircraft commits an offence
under this Act:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply if the contravention
consists of the use by a passenger, on board the vessel or aircraft,
of any radio-communication apparatus not designed or adapted, for
transmission (as opposed to reception) which is not part of the radio
communication apparatus of the vessel or aircraft.
(3) The Commission may make regulations for the use of radiocommunication apparatus on board a vessel or aircraft not registered
in Kenya while the vessel or aircraft is within the territorial limits of
Kenya or its territorial waters.
Part IVA—Broadcasting Services
Functions of the
46A. The functions of the Commission in relation to broadcasting
Commission
services shall be to:
in relation to
(a) promote and facilitate the development, in keeping with the
public interest, of a diverse range of broadcasting services
in Kenya;
broadcasting
services.
1 of 2009, s.16.