Delegation of Powers

Legal Notice 81 of 1963

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LAWS OF KENYA

PRISONS ACT

DELEGATION OF POWERS

LEGAL NOTICE 81 OF 1963

  • Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXV—No. 7 on 5 February 1963
  • Commenced on 5 February 1963
  1. [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
Short TitleCap. or Year and No.SectionNature of Power or Duty
Prisons49 of 196224(1)To declare any building, enclosure, or place or any part thereof, to be a prison for the purposes of the Ordinance.To declare that any prison shall cease to be a prison for the purposes of this Ordinance.
  46 4)To grant further remission.
  66(1)To declare any building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, to be a youth corrective training centre for the purposes of this Act.To declare that any youth corrective training centre shall cease to be a youth corrective training centre for the purposes of this Act.
  68(8)To declare any area to be an area to which Part XII of theAct shall apply.
  70To appoint ministers or priests of any religious faith to be prison ministers.
  72(1)To appoint fit and proper persons to be visiting justices for each prison.
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31 December 2022 this version
05 February 1963