CAP. 63 Penal Code [Rev. 2012] “unlawful society” means any unlawful society within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Societies Act (Cap. 108); “utter” means and includes using or dealing with and attempting to use or deal with and attempting to induce any person to use, deal with, or act upon the thing in question; “valuable security” includes any document which is the property of any person, and which is evidence of the ownership of any property or of the right to recover or receive any property; “vessel” includes any ship, a boat and every other kind of vessel used in navigation either on the sea or in inland waters and includes aircraft; “wound” means any incision or puncture which divides or pierces any exterior membrane of the body, and any membrane is exterior for the purpose of this definition which can be touched without dividing or piercing any other membrane; “written law” means the Constitution, any Act of Parliament of Kenya, or any applied Act, and includes any orders, rules, regulations, by-laws or other subsidiary legislation made under any written law. [Act No. 42 of 1951, s. 2, Act No. 54 of 1960, s. 2, L.N.427/1963, L.N.124/1964, Act No. 24 of 1967, Sch., Act No. 1 of 2009, Sixth Sch.] CHAPTER III – TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF CODE 5. Jurisdiction of local courts The jurisdiction of the courts of Kenya for the purposes of this Code extends to every place within Kenya, including territorial waters. [Act No. 24 of 1967, Sch.] 6. Offences committed partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction When an act which, if wholly done within the jurisdiction of the court, would be an offence against this Code, is done partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction, every person who within the jurisdiction does or makes any part of such act may be tried and punished under this Code in the same manner as if such act had been done wholly within the jurisdiction. CHAPTER IV – GENERAL RULES AS TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY 7. Ignorance of law Ignorance of the law does not afford any excuse for any act or omission which would otherwise constitute an offence unless knowledge of the law by the offender is expressly declared to be an element of the offence. 8. Bona fide claim of right A person is not criminally responsible in respect of an offence relating to property, if the act done or omitted to be done by him with respect to the property was done in the exercise of an honest claim of right and without intention to defraud. [Issue 1] P6-19