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(1) The High Court may whenever it thinks fit direct—(a) that any person within the limits of Kenya be brought up before the court to be dealt with according to law;(b) that any person illegally or improperly detained in public or private custody within those limits be set at liberty;(c) that any prisoner detained in a prison situated within those limits be brought before the court to be there examined as a witness in any matter pending or to be inquired into in that court;(d) that any prisoner so detained be brought before a court martial or commissioners acting under the authority of a commission from the President for trial to be examined touching any matter pending before the court martial or commissioners respectively;(e) that any prisoner within those limits be removed from one custody to another for the purpose of trial; and(f) that the body of a defendant within those limits be brought in on a return of cepi corpus to a writ of attachment.(2) The Chief Justice may make rules of court to regulate the procedure in cases under this section.
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