Penal Code CAP 63▤
Compensation
Any person who is convicted of an offence may be adjudged to make compensation to any person injured by his offence, and the compe…
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Suspension or forfeiture of right to carry on business
(1) Where a person is convicted of any offence mentioned in Chapter XXXI and the offence arose out of, or was committed in the cou…
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Forfeiture
(1) When any person is convicted of an offence under any of the following sections, namely, sections 118 and 119, the court may, i…
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Fines
1) Where a fine is imposed under any law, then in the absence of express provisions relating to the fine in that law the following…
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Recommendation for removal from Kenya
Where a person who is not a citizen of Kenya is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding twel…
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Imprisonment
(1) A sentence of imprisonment for any offence shall be to imprisonment or to imprisonment with hard labour as may be required or…
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Sentence of death
(1) Where any person is sentenced to death, the form of the sentence shall be to the effect only that he is to suffer death in the…
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Different kinds of punishments
The following punishments may be inflicted by a court— (a) death; (b) imprisonment or, where the court so determines under the Com…
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Offences by corporations, societies, etc.
Where an offence is committed by any company or other body corporate, or by any society, association or body of persons, every per…
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Counselling another to commit offence
(1) When a person counsels another to commit an offence, and an offence is actually committed after such counsel by the person to…
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Joint offenders in prosecution of common purpose
When two or more persons form a common intention to prosecute an unlawful purpose in conjunction with one another, and in the pros…
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Principal offenders
(1) When an offence is committed, each of the following persons is deemed to have taken part in committing the offence and to be g…
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Compulsion by husband
A married woman is not free from criminal responsibility for doing or omitting to do an act merely because the act or omission tak…
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Use of force in effecting arrest
Where any person is charged with a criminal offence arising out of the lawful arrest, or attempted arrest, by him of a person who…
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Defence of person or property
Subject to any express provisions in this Code or any other law in operation in Kenya, criminal responsibility for the use of forc…
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Compulsion
A person is not criminally responsible for an offence if it is committed by two or more offenders, and if the act is done or omitt…
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Judicial officers
Except as expressly provided by this Code, a judicial officer is not criminally responsible for anything done or omitted to be don…
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Immature age
(1) A person under the age of eight years is not criminally responsible for any act or omission. (2) A person under the age of twe…
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Intoxication
(1) Save as provided in this section, intoxication shall not constitute a defence to any criminal charge. (2) Intoxication shall b…
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Insanity
A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission if at the time of doing the act or making the omission he is through…
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Presumption of sanity
Every person is presumed to be of sound mind, and to have been of sound mind at any time which comes in question, until the contra…
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Mistake of fact
(1) A person who does or omits to do an act under an honest and reasonable, but mistaken, belief in the existence of any state of…
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Intention and motive
(1) Subject to the express provisions of this Code relating to negligent acts and omissions, a person is not criminally responsibl…
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Bona fide claim of right
A person is not criminally responsible in respect of an offence relating to property, if the act done or omitted to be done by him…
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