CAP. 75 Criminal Procedure Code [Rev. 2012] 63. Information of design to commit such offences A police officer receiving information of a design to commit a cognizable offence shall communicate that information to the police officer to whom he is subordinate, and to any other officer whose duty it is to prevent or take cognizance of the commission of the offence. 64. Arrest to prevent such offences A police officer knowing of a design to commit a cognizable offence may arrest, without orders from a magistrate and without a warrant, the person so designing, if it appears to the officer that the commission of the offence cannot otherwise be prevented. 65. Prevention of injury to public property A police officer may of his own authority interpose to prevent injury attempted to be committed in his view to public property, movable or immovable, or the removal of or injury to any public landmark or buoy or other mark used for navigation. PART IV – PROVISIONS RELATING TO ALL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS PLACE OF TRIAL 66. General authority of courts Every court has authority to cause to be brought before it any person who is within the local limits of its jurisdiction and is charged with an offence committed within Kenya, or which according to law may be dealt with as if it had been committed within Kenya, and to deal with the accused person according to its jurisdiction. 67. Accused person to be sent to district where offence committed Where a person accused of having committed an offence within Kenya has escaped or removed from the province or district within which the offence was committed and is found within another province or district, the court within whose jurisdiction he is found shall cause him to be brought before it, and shall, unless authorized to proceed in the case, send him in custody to the court within whose jurisdiction the offence is alleged to have been committed or require him to give security for his surrender to that court there to answer the charge and to be dealt with according to law. 68. Removal of accused person under warrant (1) Where a person is to be sent in custody in pursuance of section 67, a warrant shall be issued by the court within whose jurisdiction he is found, and that warrant shall be sufficient authority to any person to whom it is directed to receive and detain the person therein named and to carry him and deliver him up to the court within whose district the offence was committed or may be tried. (2) The person to whom the warrant is directed shall execute it according to its tenor without delay. [Act No. 13 of 1982, First Sch.] [Issue 1] C44 - 32