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Section 64 of Public Health Act CAP 242: Master of vessel from proclaimed place to take precautionary measures

    

(1) The master of any vessel bound for any port or place in Kenya which comes from or calls or touches at any proclaimed place shall, while his vessel is at that place and during the voyage to Kenya, take in respect of the vessel and her crew, passengers and cargo all such precautionary measures as may be prescribed by the order.
(2) Any master of a vessel failing so to do and thereafter entering any port of Kenya shall, unless he satisfies the court that he was unaware of the measures required to be taken by him and that he took all reasonable means to ascertain whether it was his duty to take any such measures, be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand shillings.
(3) Where a vessel has arrived from a proclaimed place and the prescribed precautionary measures have not been taken, any measures considered necessary by the port health officer, acting on the instructions of the Director of Medical Services, may be carried out with respect to the vessel and her crew, passengers and cargo, at the expense of the owner of the vessel.

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