Section 90 of The Kenya Information and Communications Act CAP 411A: Seizure of apparatus, article or other property
(1) A search warrant granted under section 89 may authorise the person or persons named in it to seize and detain, for the purposes of any relevant proceedings, any radio-communication apparatus, telecommunication apparatus, article or other thing found in the course of the search carried out in pursuance of the warrant which appears to have been used in connection with or to be evidence of the commission of any offence under this Act.
(2) If a police officer or any person authorised by a warrant to exercise the power conferred under this section has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under this Act has been or is being committed, he may seize and detain, for the purposes of any relevant proceedings, any radiocommunication apparatus, telecommunication apparatus article or other thing which appears to have been used in connection with or to be evidence of the commission of any such offence.
(3) Nothing in this section shall prejudice any power to seize or detain property which is exercisable by a police officer under the Police Act (Cap. 84).
(4) Any person who intentionally obstructs the authorised person in the exercise of the power conferred on him under subsection (3) commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to both.
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