Section 103 of Land Registration Act 2012: Offences
(1) A person who—
(a) knowingly makes a false statement, orally or in writing, in connection with a disposition or other transaction affecting land or any other matter arising under this Act, or
(b) knowingly gives a false information or makes a false statement, either orally or in writing, in connection with a call for information made under this Act or in connection with a investigation into the commission of any offence under this Act;
(c) fraudulently procures—
(i) the registration or issue of any certificate of ownership, or any other document or instrument relating to the land;
(ii) the making of a entry or the endorsement of a matter on a document or instrument referred to in subparagraph (i); or
(iii) the cancellation or amendment of the documents, instruments, entries or endorsements referred to in this paragraph.
(d) fraudulently alters, adds to, erases, defaces, mutilates or destroys any document or instrument relating to land or any entry on or endorsement of any such document or instrument; suppresses or conceals form the Registrar, or any authorized officer exercising powers under this Act, or assist or joins in so doing, any material document, factor matter,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five million shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) A person who unlawfully occupies public land commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings, and in the case of a continuing offence to an additional fine not exceeding one hundred shillings for every day during which the offence continues.
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