The Public Health (Covid-19 Sale of Alcoholic Drinks) Rules

Jurisdiction
Kenya
Citation
Legal Notice 163 of 2020
Primary work
Public Health Act
Date
31 December 2022
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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LAWS OF KENYA

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

THE PUBLIC HEALTH (COVID-19 SALE OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS) RULES

LEGAL NOTICE 163 OF 2020

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. CXXII—No. 159 on 28 August 2020
  • Commenced on 28 August 2020
  1. [Amended by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]

1. Citation

These Rules may be cited as the Public Health (COVID-19 Sale of Alcoholic Drinks) Rules.

2. Interpretation

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —"alcoholic drink" has the meaning assigned to it in the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act (Cap. 121); and"COVID-19" means an infectious disease caused by Coronavirus.

3. Prohibition of sale of alcoholic drinks in some business establishments

(1)Alcoholic drinks shall not be sold at any restaurant, hotel, eatery, bar, food court or entertainment establishment.
(2)A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence.

4. Sale of alcoholic drinks in wines and spirits shops and supermarkets

(1)Alcoholic drinks may be sold in a wines and spirits shop or supermarket between 9.00 am and 7.30 pm.
(2)A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence.

5. Consumption of alcoholic drinks in public places

(1)A person shall not consume any alcoholic drink in a public place including a restaurant, hotel, parking lot, eatery, bar, entertainment establishment, public park, supermarket or wines and spirits shop.
(2)A person who contravenes paragraph (1) commits an offence.

6. Penalty

A person who commits an offence under these Rules shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or both.

7. Enforcement

These Rules shall be enforced by the National and County Governments as the respective health authorities in line with the provisions of the Public Health Act (Cap. 242).

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