[Rev. 2012] Kenya Defence Forces Kenya Defence Forces CAP. 199 “service custody” means the holding of any person under arrest or in confinement by the Defence Forces, including confinement in a Service prison; “service prison” means premises set aside by any of the Service Commanders as a place of imprisonment for persons serving a service sentence of imprisonment; “service sentence of imprisonment” means a sentence of imprisonment passed by a court-martial or awarded on a charge being dealt with summarily; “service member” means any member of a service of the Defence Forces who is not an officer; “stoppages” means the recovery, by the deduction from the pay of an offender, of a specified sum by way of compensation for any expense, loss or damage occasioned by the offence; “superior officer”, in relation to a person, means— (a) an officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of superior rank; or (b) an officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of equal rank but greater seniority while exercising authority as that person’s superior; “ship” or “vessel” includes warship and unmanned vehicles and every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water; “unit” means any regularly organized body as defined by the Cabinet Secretary, but in no case may it be a body larger than a company, battalion, squadron, ship’s crew, or body corresponding to one of them; “vehicle” includes vehicles not used as a means of transportation and unmanned vehicles and every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land; “Vice Chief of the Defence Forces” means the Vice Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces appointed in accordance with section 23(1); “war” means any time during which the State is under threat of war, armed conflict, armed invasion or armed insurrection or is at war, and in respect of which the Defence Forces has been employed for service in the defence of the State; “warrant officer” means a service member holding the rank of warrant officer class I or warrant officer class II or corresponding rank; and “wrongful act” means an act contrary to law, regulation, lawful order, or custom. (2) Despite subsection (1), until after the first general elections under the Constitution, references in this Act to the words “Cabinet Secretary” or “Principal Secretary” shall be construed to mean “Minister” or “Permanent Secretary” respectively. K7-17 [Issue 1]