Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products
Date when the measure came into force: 02 January 2012
Publication where the measure is specified: The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya, explosives Act Chapter 115
Regulation where the measure is specified: Explosives Act 13 of 1929 revised edition 2012
Country/Region applying the measure: Kenya
Coded list of objectives: A: Protection of human life and health and G: Protection of national security
Description of the measure: 9. Permit necessary to acquire blasting materials
(1) No person shall purchase or otherwise acquire blasting materials except under the authority of, and to the extent authorized in, a written permit issued by an inspector.
(2) No person shall sell or dispose of blasting materials to any person who fails to produce at the time of the transaction a permit of the type referred to in subsection (1) nor shall any person sell or dispose of any such materials in excess of the quantity referred to in such permit.
(3) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand shillings or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
[Act No. 30 of 1953, s. 8.]
Reference of the measure: Section 9
Measure also domestic: No

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
3602.00.00	Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders.	No
3603.00.00	Safety fuses; detonating fuses; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators.	No

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world	02 January 2012

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