Tea (Packing) Regulations, 1999 (L.N. No. 41 of 1999)
Made 1999-03-22 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- African Union (AU)
- Country
- Kenya
- Subjects
- Food and nutrition
- Keywords
- food safety and quality, coffee/cocoa/tea, packaging/labelling, beverages
- Categories
- softs
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124 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 1999 LEGAL NOTICE No. 41 THE TEA ACf (Cap. 343) IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 25 of the Tea Act, the Minister for Agriculture, in consultation with the Board, makes the following Regulations: THE TEA (PACKING) REGULATIONS, 1999 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Tea (Packing) Regulations, 1999. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires "packing" means the process of packing tea into packets or containers holding not more than ten kilograms of tea intended for sale. 3. Every tea packer shall apply for registration and shall be required to register with the Board in the prescribed manner set out in FormH. 4. Every packer shall, not later than the fourteenth day of each month, complete and. submi] to the Board a return in the prescribed manner set out in Form J indicating the tea packed in the previous month and the source of such tea. 5. Any person who packs tea for sale in contravention of regulation 3 hereof shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand shillings or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment. 6. Any person who contravenes the provisions of regulation 4 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding six thousand shillings or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. Made on the 22nd March, 1999. MUSALIA MUDAVADI, Minister for Agriculture.