Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

P61: Inspection requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

26 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

71 Any police officer or any other person authorized in writing by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section, the Director of Medical Services or any person authorized by him shall, for the purpose of the execution of this Act, have power to enter the premises, or other place, of any person lawfully carrying on business as a producer, manufacturer, seller or distributor of, or otherwise dealing in, any narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances and to demand the production of, and to inspect, any books or documents relating to his dealings in any such narcotic drug or psychotropic substance and to inspect any stocks of any such narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances and seize and detain any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance, which in the opinion of such authorized person, is below standard or unfit for use for medicinal purposes. 

Reference of the measure

Part VII para 71 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.