Section 53, Environment Protection Agency Act, 2008

(1) Where it appears to the Agency that the activities ofany undertaking poses a serious threat to the environment or to public health, the Agency may serve on the person responsible for the undertaking, an enforcement notice requiring him to take such steps as the Agency thinks necessary to prevent or stop the activities. (2) An enforcement notice shall specify– (a) the offending activity; (b) the steps required to be taken; and (c) the time within which the steps shall be taken. (3) The Agency may, in an enforcement notice direct the immediate cessation of the offending activity where it considers that the circumstances so demand. (4) Any person who acts contrary to an enforcement notice issued under this section commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Le50,000,000.00 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both the fine and imprisonment.