The Traffic Act (Registration Plates) Rules

Dealer registration plates must bear six optically recognizable characters: the prefix "KD" embossed and four numerical characters printed in white on green aluminium reflective sheet.

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Jurisdiction: Kenya
Instrument: Notice
Citation: Legal Notice 62 of 2016
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en

Citation provenance: source:ke:kenyalaw · schema StatuteEnrichmentPublicV1.

Source attribution: Source: Kenya Law

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Dealer registration plates must bear six optically recognizable characters: the prefix "KD" embossed and four numerical characters printed in white on green aluminium reflective sheet. Tow trucks must display a registration plate that has the prefix "KT" followed by four numerical characters, with six visually recognizable characters in total, printed in white on a green aluminium reflective sheet. Container freight station registration plates must bear six optically recognizable characters beginning with the prefix "KC" and four numerical characters printed in white on green aluminium reflective sheet. Registration plates for Kenya Coast Guard Service vehicles must display the serial code "00 KCG 00".

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13A
13A. Dealer's registration plate

AI-assisted research summary: Dealer registration plates must bear six optically recognizable characters: the prefix "KD" embossed and four numerical characters printed in white on green aluminium reflective sheet.

Section 13A. Dealer's registration plate Section bear six optical recognizable characters with prefix "KD" embossed and four numerical characters printed in white on green aluminium reflective sheet;
13B
13B. Tow truck registration plate

AI-assisted research summary: Tow trucks must display a registration plate that has the prefix "KT" followed by four numerical characters, with six visually recognizable characters in total, printed in white on a green aluminium reflective sheet.

Section 13B. Tow truck registration plate Section bear six optical recognizable characters with prefix "KT" embossed and four numerical characters printed in white on green aluminium reflective sheet;
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13C. Container freight Station registration plate

AI-assisted research summary: Container freight station registration plates must bear six optically recognizable characters beginning with the prefix "KC" and four numerical characters printed in white on green aluminium reflective sheet.

Section 13C. Container freight Station registration plate Section bear six optical recognizable characters with prefix "KC" embossed and four numerical characters printed in white on green aluminium reflective sheet;
14A
14A. Kenya Coast Guard Service registration plates

AI-assisted research summary: Registration plates for Kenya Coast Guard Service vehicles must display the serial code "00 KCG 00".

Section 14A. Kenya Coast Guard Service registration plates Section The registration plate of a Kenya Coast Guard Service vehicle shall bear the serial code "00 KCG 00" of optical recognised characters embossed and printed in black on white aluminium reflective sheet for the front plate and yellow aluminium reflective sheet for the rear plate.[LN201 of 2020, r. 2.]
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- LN201 of 2020 (unresolved)

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