[Rev. 2012]
Penal Code
CAP. 63
“possession”—
(a) “be in possession of” or “have in possession” includes not
only having in one’s own personal possession, but also knowingly
having anything in the actual possession or custody of any other
person, or having anything in any place (whether belonging to or
occupied by oneself or not) for the use or benefit of oneself or of
any other person;
(b) if there are two or more persons and any one or more of them with
the knowledge and consent of the rest has or have anything in his
or their custody or possession, it shall be deemed and taken to be
in the custody and possession of each and all of them;
“premises” includes any land, any building and any other place whatsoever;
“print” means to produce or reproduce words or pictures in visible form by
printing, writing, typewriting, duplicating, cyclostyling, lithography, photography
or any other means of representing the same in visible form;
“prohibited publication” means any publication the importation of which
has been prohibited under section 52, and any part, copy or reproduction of
any such publication;
“property” includes any description of movable or immovable property,
money, debts and legacies, and all deeds and instruments relating to or
evidencing the title or right to any property, or giving a right to recover or receive
any money or goods, and also includes not only such property as has been
originally in the possession or under the control of any person, but also any
property into or for which the same has been converted or exchanged, and
anything acquired by such conversion or exchange, whether immediately or
otherwise;
“public” refers, not only to all persons within Kenya, but also to the persons
inhabiting or using any particular place, or any number of such persons, and
also to such indeterminate persons as may happen to be affected by the conduct
in respect to which such expression is used;
“public place” or “public premises” includes any public way and any
building, place or conveyance to which, for the time being, the public are entitled
or permitted to have access either without any condition or upon condition of
making any payment, and any building or place which is for the time being used
for any public or religious meetings or assembly or as an open court;
“public way” includes any highway, market place, square, street, bridge or
other way which is lawfully used by the public;
“publicly”, when applied to acts done, means either—
(a) that they are so done in any public place as to be seen by any
person whether such person be or be not in a public place; or
(b) that they are so done in any place not being a public place as to
be likely to be seen by any person in a public place;
“statute”deleted by Act No. 24 of 1967, Sch.
P6-18
[Issue 1]
اختر الفقرة المستهدفة3
الاتصال بفقرة
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
أضف إلى جدول المحتويات