Penal Code CAP 63▤
Receiving goods stolen outside Kenya
Any person who, without lawful excuse, knowing or having reason to believe the same to have been stolen or obtained in any way wha…
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Penal Code CAP 63▤
Tracing possession
(1) If any person brought or appearing before a court under section 323 or section 324 declares that he received any such thing as…
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Marking and possession of public stores
(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, give directions as to the marks which may be applied in or on any stores under the…
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Person suspected of having or conveying stolen property
Any person who has been detained as a result of the exercise of the powers conferred by section 26 of the Criminal Procedure Code…
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Handling stolen goods
(1) A person handles stolen goods if (otherwise than in the course of the stealing) knowing or having reason to believe them to be…
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False declaration for passport
Any person who makes a statement which is to his knowledge untrue for the purpose of procuring a passport, whether for himself or…
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Obtaining registration, etc., by false pretence
Any person who wilfully procures or attempts to procure for himself or any other person any registration, licence or certificate u…
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Fortune-telling
Any person who for gain or reward undertakes to tell fortunes, or pretends from his skill or knowledge in any occult science to di…
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Frauds on sale or mortgage of property
Any person who, being a seller or mortgagor of any property, or being the advocate or agent of any such seller or mortgagor, with…
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Conspiracy to defraud
Any person who conspires with another by deceit or any fraudulent means to affect the market price of anything publicly sold, or t…
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Certain felonies by banks or other institutions
(1) A bank or other institution is guilty of a felony if it— (a) with intent to conceal its true financial position, holds a chequ…
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Bad cheques
(1) Any person who draws or issues a cheque on an account is guilty of a misdemeanour if the person— (a) knows that the account ha…
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Obtaining credit, etc., by false pretences
Any person who— (a) in incurring any debt or liability, obtains credit by any false pretence or by means of any other fraud; or (b…
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Cheating
Any person who by means of any fraudulent trick or device obtains from any other person anything capable of being stolen, or induc…
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Obtaining execution of a security by false pretences
Any person who by any false pretence, and with intent to defraud, induces any person to execute, make, accept, endorse, alter or d…
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Obtaining by false pretences
Any person who by any false pretence, and with intent to defraud, obtains from any other person anything capable of being stolen,…
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Definition of false pretence
Any representation, made by words, writing or conduct, of a matter of fact, either past or present, which representation is false…
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Forfeiture of aircraft, vessel or vehicle, and penalty for interfering with aircraft, vessel or vehicle when detained
(1) Where any person is convicted of an offence, or of an attempt to commit an offence or of counselling or procuring the commissi…
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Forfeiture of housebreaking instruments
When any person is convicted of an offence under this Chapter, the court may order that any dangerous or offensive weapon or instr…
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Repealed by Act No. 48 of 1962, s. 13(1).
Repealed by Act No. 48 of 1962, s. 13(1).
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Preparations to commit felony
(1) Any person found armed with any dangerous or offensive weapon in circumstances that indicate that he was so armed with intent…
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Breaking into building with intent to commit felony
Any person who breaks and enters a schoolhouse, shop, warehouse, store, office, counting-house, garage, pavilion, club, factory or…
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Breaking into building and committing felony
Any person who— (a) breaks and enters a schoolhouse, shop, warehouse, store, office, counting-house, garage, pavilion, club, facto…
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Entering dwelling-house with intent to commit felony
(1) Any person who enters or is in any building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling with intent to commit a felony therein is…
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