CAP. 63
Penal Code
[Rev. 2012]
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.
367. Making or having in possession papers or implements for forgery
Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, the proof of which lies on
him—
(a) makes, uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper
intended to resemble and pass as a special paper such as is provided
and used for making any bank note or currency note; or
(b) makes, uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any frame,
mould or instrument for making such paper, or for producing in or on
such paper any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices peculiar
to and used in or on any such paper; or
(c) engraves or in anywise makes upon any plate, wood, stone or other
material any words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices the print
whereof resembles in whole or in part any words, figures, letters,
marks, lines or devices peculiar to and used in or on any bank note
or currency note; or
(d) uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any plate, wood,
stone or other material upon which any such words, figures, letters,
marks, lines or devices have been engraved or in anywise made as
aforesaid; or
(e) uses or knowingly has in his custody or possession any paper upon
which any such words, figures, letters, marks, lines or devices have
been printed or in anywise made as aforesaid,
is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
367A. Mutilating currency notes
Any person who wilfully and without lawful authority or excuse defaces, tears,
cuts or otherwise mutilates any currency note shall be guilty of an offence and shall
be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not
exceeding two thousand shillings or to both such imprisonment and fine.
[Act No. 15 of 1966, Sch.]
368. Clipping
Any person who deals with any coin in such a manner as to diminish its weight
with intent that when so dealt with it may pass as coin is guilty of a felony and is
liable to imprisonment for seven years.
369. Melting down of currency
Any person who melts down, breaks up, defaces by stamping thereon any
name, word or mark, or uses otherwise than as currency any coin current for the
time being in Kenya is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable on conviction to a fine
not exceeding eight thousand shillings or to imprisonment for six months or to both.
[Act No. 15 of 1966, Sch.]
[Issue 1]
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