title: The Registration of Persons (Amendment) Act, 1987 (No. 9 of 1987), 30 July 1987.
abstract: Among other things, this Act amends the Kenya Registration of Persons Act to insert the following registration requirement: "6. Every person who attains or has attained the age of eighteen years and is unregistered shall be liable to registration under this Act and shall within 90 days of attaining that age present himself before a registration officer and register himself by giving to the registration officer the particulars specified in subsection 1 of section 5, and for this purpose shall permit his finger and thumb or toe or palm impressions to be recorded in any manner prescribed." The Act also makes it unlawful to laminate or print an identity card or any of its component parts and doubles fines for offenses committed under the Act.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D003906:Developing Countries; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D007630:Kenya; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D011996:Records
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; English Speaking Africa; Information; Information Processing; Kenya; Laws And Statutes; Personal Identification Systems--legal aspects; Records