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Fabricating evidence
Any person who, with intent to mislead any tribunal in any judicial proceeding— (a) fabricates evidence by any means other than pe…
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Malicious information
(1) Any person who, with intent to cause harm or inconvenience to another person, gives or makes to— (a) any magistrate or member…
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Contradictory statements
(1) Where a witness in any judicial proceedings (other than a person accused of an offence in criminal proceedings) has made a sta…
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Evidence of perjury or subornation of perjury
A person cannot be convicted of committing perjury or of subornation of perjury solely upon the evidence of one witness as to the…
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Punishment of perjury and subornation of perjury
Any person who commits perjury or suborns perjury is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
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False statements by interpreters
If any person, lawfully sworn as an interpreter in a judicial proceeding, wilfully makes a statement material in the proceeding wh…
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Perjury and subornation of perjury
(1) (a) Any person who, in any judicial proceeding, or for the purpose of instituting any judicial proceeding, knowingly gives fal…
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Tampering with public officers, etc.
Any person who— (a) induces or attempts to induce any public officer, or any sailor, soldier or airman being an officer or member…
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Threat of injury to persons employed in public service
Whoever holds out any threat of injury to any person employed in the public service, or to any person in whom he believes that per…
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Personating persons employed in the public service
Any person who— (a) personates any person employed in the public service on an occasion when the latter is required to do any act…
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False assumption of authority
Any person who— (a) not being a judicial officer, assumes to act as a judicial officer; or (b) without authority assumes to act as…
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Unauthorized administration of oaths
Any person who administers an oath, or takes solemn declaration or affirmation or affidavit, touching any matter with respect to w…
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Penalties
A person convicted of an offence under sections 99, 100, 101 or 102 of this Part shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one milli…
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False certificates by public officers
Any person who, being authorized or required by law to give any certificate touching any matter by virtue whereof the rights of an…
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Abuse of office
(1) Any person who, being employed in the public service, does or directs to be done, in abuse of the authority of his office, any…
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False claims by persons employed in the public service
Any person who, being employed in the public service in such a capacity as to require him or to enable him to furnish returns or s…
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Officers charged with administration of property of a special character or with special duties
Any person who, being employed in the public service, and being charged by virtue of his employment with any judicial or administr…
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Wrongfully inducing a boycott
(1) Whenever the Minister is satisfied that any boycott is being conducted or is threatened or likely to be conducted in Kenya wit…
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Assemblying for smuggling
Any persons who assemble together, to the number of two or more, for the purpose of unshipping, carrying or concealing any goods s…
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Incitement to violence and disobedience of the law
Any person who, without lawful excuse, the burden of proof whereof shall lie upon him, utters, prints or publishes any words, or d…
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Threatening breach of the peace or violence
(1) Any person who— (a) uses obscene, abusive or insulting language, to his employer or to any person placed in authority over him…
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Offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace
(1) Any person who in a public place or at a public gathering uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with inten…
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Challenge to duel
Any person who challenges another to fight a duel, or attempts to provoke another to fight a duel, or attempts to provoke any pers…
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Affray
Any person who takes part in a fight in a public place is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one year.
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