Election Laws: Offences Relating To Multiple Registration of Voters in Kenya

Section 4 of the Election Offenses Act
4. Offences relating to multiple registration as a voter
(1) A person who—
(a) being registered as a voter in a register of voters applies to be
registered as a voter—
(i) in any other register of voters, otherwise than in substitution of
his subsisting registration; or
(ii) in the same register of voters;
(b) having applied to be registered in a register of voters which application
has not been either granted or rejected, applies to be registered in the
same register of voters or in another register of voters;
(c) simultaneously makes two or more applications to be registered as
a voter; or
(d) having been disqualified by an election court, applies to be registered
as a voter,
commits an offence is liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one million
shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(2) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall, in addition
to the penalty provided in subsection (1), not be eligible to vote in that election or
in the next election.
(3) A member or officer of the Commission or a person who aids another
person to register as a voter more than once commits an offence and is liable on
conviction, to a fine not exceeding one million shillings or to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding one year or to both.
(4) A candidate who aids a person to register as a voter more than once,
commits an offence and is liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one million
shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both and shall
not be eligible to contest in the ongoing general election.