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LAWS OF KENYA
KENYA DEFENCE FORCES ACT
THE KENYA DEFENCE FORCES (IMPRISONMENT) REGULATIONS
LEGAL NOTICE 236 OF 2017
- Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. CXIX—No. 132 on 8 September 2017
- Commenced on 8 September 2017
- [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya Defence Forces (Imprisonment) Regulations.2. Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"Act" means the Kenya Defence Forces Act (Cap. 199);"civil prison" means a prison established under the Prisons Act (Cap. 90);"contraband" includes unauthorized items, goods, articles or merchandise brought in or out of the prison facilities;"handcuffs" means handcuffs of figure-of-eight, swivel or curb-chain type, not exceeding, for the pair, seven hundred grams in weight;"legal adviser" means—3. Service of sentences
4. Warrant for confinement
5. Conditions for release from custody
Subject to regulation 6, no person under a service sentence of imprisonment, whether in service custody or in civil custody, shall be released from such custody otherwise than—6. Temporary release from Service prison
7. Period of remission in service prison
8. Records of remission
9. Forfeiture of remission
One day's remission of the sentence of a prisoner shall be forfeited in respect of each day on which the prisoner is unable to carry out work or training, which would otherwise be required of him, by reason of—10. Effect on remission of subsequent sentences of imprisonment
If, while a person is serving a sentence of imprisonment he is awarded a further sentence of imprisonment, remission shall be calculated under regulation 7, taking into account the total period to which the said person was actually sentenced and which he would be required to serve.11. Corporal punishment
Corporal punishment shall not be inflicted on prisoners.12. Use of force
Any member of the staff may use such force against a prisoner as is reasonably necessary to make the prisoner obey any lawful order which he refuses to obey or in order to maintain discipline.13. Requirement of service prison
14. Work
15. Days of rest
16. Work in association
17. No work for private benefit
A prisoner shall not be employed directly or indirectly for the private benefit or advantage of any person, nor in any way contrary to these Regulations or the order of the officer in charge.18. Rations
19. Possession of tobacco etc.
A prisoner shall neither be permitted to smoke nor to retain in his or her possession any tobacco, cigarettes, matches or lighter, or any naked light for the purpose of lighting tobacco or cigarettes.20. Correspondence
21. Parcels
22. Censorship
23. Visits
24. Legal advisers
25. Medical examination
The officer in charge shall ensure that every prisoner who is—26. Appeals
The place in which a prisoner who has appealed, or desires to appeal, against his conviction by court martial may be taken to, kept in custody at and brought back from any place where he is entitled to be present for the purposes of Part X of the Act, or any place to which the High Court or a judge may order him to be taken for the purposes of any proceedings of the Court, shall be as follows—27. Right to appeal to be notified
28. Search of persons under sentence
29. Conditions of search
30. Duration of sentence of person who escapes
The officer in charge of the service prison from which a prisoner escapes shall be the prescribed authority for the purposes of section 201(1)(b) of the Act.31. Death
32. Offences against discipline
A prisoner who—33. Procedure for dealing with offences
A prisoner who commits an offence under the Act or under these Regulations shall be dealt with—34. Punishment which may be awarded by the officer in charge
35. Close confinement
36. Mechanical restraints
37. Canvas suits
38. Religious books and chaplains
39. Visits by chaplain
40. Attendance at divine service
A prisoner unless undergoing punishment of close confinement may attend divine service of his religious denomination if in the opinion of the officer in charge it is practical for him so to do, having regard to his behaviour and to the location of the place of worship in relation to the location of the service prison.41. Educational training
42. Prohibition of liquor, tobacco etc.
A person shall not bring or attempt to bring into a service prison or give or attempt to give to a prisoner, any spirituous or fermented liquor or any tobacco, or place any such liquor or tobacco in any place with intent that it shall come into the possession of a prisoner, nor shall any member of the staff allow any such liquor or tobacco to be sold or used in the service prison.43. Communication with prisoners
No person shall, without lawful authority, convey or attempt to convey any letter or any other thing into or out of a service prison or to a prisoner, or place it anywhere outside the service prison with intent that it shall come into the possession of a prisoner.44. Unauthorized entry of service prison
History of this document
31 December 2022 this version
Revised by
24th Annual Supplement