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Penal Code
[Rev. 2012]
virtue of his employment with any judicial or administrative duties respecting
property of a special character, or respecting the carrying on of any manufacture,
trade or business of a special character, and having acquired or holding, directly or
indirectly, a private interest in any such property, manufacture, trade or business,
discharges any such duties with respect to the property, manufacture, trade or
business in which he has such interest or with respect to the conduct of any person
in relation thereto, is guilty of a felony.
[Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.]
100. False claims by persons employed in the public service
Any person who, being employed in the public service in such a capacity as
to require him or to enable him to furnish returns or statements touching any sum
payable or claimed to be payable to himself or to any other person, or touching any
other matter required to be certified for the purpose of any payment of money or
delivery of goods to be made to any person, makes a return or statement touching
any such matter which is, to his knowledge, false in any material particular is guilty
of a felony.
[Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.]
101. Abuse of office
(1) Any person who, being employed in the public service, does or directs to
be done, in abuse of the authority of his office, any arbitrary act prejudicial to the
rights of another is guilty of a felony.
(2) Deleted by Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.
(3) Deleted by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 12.
[Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 12, Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.]
102. False certificates by public officers
Any person who, being authorized or required by law to give any certificate
touching any matter by virtue whereof the rights of any person may be prejudicially
affected, gives a certificate which is, to his knowledge, false in any material
particular, is guilty of a felony.
[Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.]
102A. Penalties
A person convicted of an offence under sections 99, 100, 101 or 102 of this Part
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 10 years or to both.
[Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.]
103. Unauthorized administration of oaths
Any person who administers an oath, or takes solemn declaration or affirmation
or affidavit, touching any matter with respect to which he has not by law any
authority to do so is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for
one year:
Provided that this section shall not apply to an oath, declaration, affirmation or
affidavit administered by or taken before a magistrate in any matter relating to
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