Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons 

Date when the measure came into force

20 August 1994 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) ACT,CHAPTER 245 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Narcotic Drugs and psychotropic substances (control ) act 40 of 1994 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

4. Penalty for trafficking in narcotic drugs, etc.
Any person who trafficks in any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance or any substance represented or held out by him to be a narcotic drug or psychotropic
substance shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(a)in respect of any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance to a fine of one million shillings or three times the market value of the narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, whichever is the greater, and, in addition, to imprisonment for life; or
(b)in respect of any substance, other than a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, which he represents or holds out to be a narcotic drug or psychotropic substance to a fine of five hundred thousand shillings, and, in addition, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years 

Reference of the measure

Part I para 4 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.