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65. Provisions relating to personal baggage, etc.
Loading, etc. Goods for export not to be discharged in Kenya.
Provisions relating to personal baggage, etc. 10 of 1988, s.7, 13 of 1995. s. 20.  65. (1) Notwithstanding section 64, the proper officer may, subject to any regulations, permit -

(a) goods which are the bona fide personal baggage of the passengers, or members of the crew, of an aircraft or vessel to be put on board the aircraft or vessel and exported without entry;

(b) goods intended for sale or delivery to passengers, or members of the crew, of an aircraft or vessel to be put on board the aircraft or vessel, subject to such conditions as he may impose, without entry;

(c) mail bags and postal articles in the course of transmission by post to be put on board and exported without entry;

(d) goods to be put on board an aircraft or vessel departing to a foreign port or place without entry subject to an application being made by the owner on the prescribed form and in the prescribed manner and to an undertaking being given by the owner of the goods to furnish the necessary entry within ninety-six hours, or such further time as the proper officer may specify, of the departure of the aircraft or vessel and to such security, if any, being given by the owner for the due payment of any export duties as the proper officer may consider appropriate.

(2) A person who -

(a) contravenes any conditions imposed under subsection (1) (b); or

(b) contravenes any undertaking given under subsection (1) (d),

shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both; and the goods in respect of which the offence has been committed shall be liable to forfeiture.

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