[Rev. 2012] Penal Code CAP. 63 perform, provided that the discharge of the duty is not attended with greater danger than a man of ordinary courage might be expected to face, is guilty of a misdemeanour. 129. False information to person employed in the public service Whoever gives to any person employed in the public service any information which he knows or believes to be false, intending thereby to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby cause, the person employed in the public service— (a) to do or omit anything which the person employed in the public service ought not to do or omit if the true state of facts respecting which such information is given were known to him; or (b) to use the lawful power of the person employed in the public service to the injury or annoyance of any person, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for three years. [Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.] 130. Disobedience of statutory duty Everyone who wilfully disobeys any written law by doing any act which it forbids, or by omitting to do any act which it requires to be done, and which concerns the public or any part of the public, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable, unless it appears from the written law that it was the intention of Parliament to provide some other penalty for the disobedience, to imprisonment for two years. [Act No. 24 of 1967, Sch.] 131. Disobedience of lawful orders Everyone who disobeys any order, warrant or command duly made, issued or given by any court, officer or any person acting in any public capacity and duly authorized in that behalf, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable, unless any other penalty or mode of proceeding is expressly prescribed in respect of the disobedience, to imprisonment for two years. 132. Undermining authority of public officer Any person who, without lawful excuse, the burden of proof whereof shall lie upon him, utters, prints, publishes any words, or does any act or thing, calculated to bring into contempt, or to excite defiance of or disobedience to, the lawful authority of a public officer or any class of public officers is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years. [Act No. 40 of 1952, Sch., Act No. 53 of 1952, s. 5.] 133. Destruction, etc., of statutory documents (1) Any person who, knowingly and without lawful authority or excuse, destroys, mutilates, defaces, alters, abandons or fails to preserve any statutory document is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both. P6-55 [Issue 1]