Section 16, The Protection From Radiation Act, 2001

(1) Any person who— No. 14 The Protection From Radiation Act 2001 21 (a) wilfully obstructs another person in the exercise of that person's duties in pursuance of this Act; (b) without reasonable excuse fails to produce a licence or other document required to be produced by this Act; (c) wilfully withholds any information as to the ownership or management of a radiation source; (d) wilfully prevents or attempts to prevent any person from giving information as to the ownership or management of a radiation source, or (e) gives information which he knows to be untrue or has no reason to believe to be true, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five million leones or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both the fine and imprisonment. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (l), any person who contravenes any other provision of this Act commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five million leones or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both the fine and imprisonment. (3) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate, that offence shall be deemed to have been committed by every director, secretary or manager of the body corporate unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and the circumstances of the case. (4) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a partnership or firm, every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence was a partner in that firm or was purporting to act in that office shall be deemed to have committed the offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and the circumstances of the case. (5) The Court may, in addition to any punishment imposed for an offence under this Act, order the forfeiture of any irradiating device or radio-active material by which an offence is committed and shall determine the manner of disposal of the device or material. 22 No. 14 *The Protection From Radiation Act* 2001 [Margin: Regulations.]