CAP. 84 National Police Service [Rev. 2012] “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment” means a deliberate and aggravated treatment or punishment not amounting to torture, inflicted by a person in authority or the agent of the person in authority against a person under his custody, causing suffering, gross humiliation or debasement to the person; “Deputy Inspector-General” means the Deputy Inspector-General appointed in accordance with Article 245 of the Constitution; “Directorate” means Directorate of Criminal Investigations established under section 28; “firearms” has the same meaning as defined under the Firearms Act; “Gazetted officer” means a police officer holding the rank of a superintendent and above; “Inspector-General” means the Inspector-General accordance with article 245 of the Constitution and this Act; appointed in “Kenya police officer” means an officer appointed to serve as a police officer in the Kenya Police Service; “Kenya Police Service” means the Service established under Article 243(1) of the Constitution; “member of the Service” includes civilian members of staff of the Service. “National Security Council” means the Council established under the National Security Council Act; “police officer” means an Administration Police officer or a Kenya Police Officer, and includes officers of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and reservists; “police premises” means any location where police hold office or from where they carry out their duties, including police stations, posts and camps; “police station” means a place designated by the Inspector-General, as a police station under section 40; “Reserve” means the National Police Reserve referred to in section 110; “Service” means the National Police Service established in article 243 of the Constitution; “torture” means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes of— (i) obtaining information or a confession from the person or from a third person; (ii) punishing the person for an act which that person or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed; (iii) intimidating or coercing the person or a third person; or (iv) for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, [Issue 1] N18 - 10