Immigration Rev. 2010] CAP. 172 CHAPTER 172 THE IMMIGRATION ACT Commencement: 1st December 1967 3 25 of 1967, 6 of 1972, 13 of 1988, 4 of 1999, 5 of 2007. An Act of Parliament to amend and consolidate the law relating to immigration into Kenya, and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith 1. This Act may be cited as the Immigration Act. Short title. 2. (1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires– Interpretation. “child” includes a child adopted under the Adoption Act, but does not include(a) a child adopted otherwise than under that Act, unless the Minister is satisfied that the circumstances of the adoption were such as substantially to satisfy the requirements of subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of section 4 of that Act; (b) a married woman; or (c) a person who has attained the age of eighteen years; “entry permit” means an entry permit issued under section 5, or a provisional entry permit issued under section 20; “immigration officer” means any person appointed to that office pursuant to section 10; “medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner appointed for the purposes of this Act by the Minister for the time being responsible for health; “pass” means a pass to enter and remain temporarily in, or to re-enter, Kenya, issued under regulations made under this Act, and includes any class or description of pass which may be so prescribed; “passport” means a passport issued to a person by or on behalf of the government of the State of which he is a subject, or a valid passport or other valid travel document or document of identity issued to a person by an authority recognized by the Government of Kenya, such passport or document being complete and having endorsed thereon all particulars, Cap. 143.