Constitution of Kenya (Repealed) - Kenya Law Reports

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56 Constitution of Kenya[Rev. 2009(2) Without prejudice to any liability for a contravention of anyother law with respect to the use of force in those cases hereinaftermentioned, a person shall not be regarded as having been deprived of hislife in contravention of this section if he dies as the result of the use offorce to such an extent as is reasonably justifiable in the circumstancesof the case -(a) for the defence of any person from violence or for thedefence of property;(b) in order to effect a lawful arrest or to prevent the escape ofa person lawfully detained;(c) for the purpose of suppressing a riot, insurrection or mutiny;or(d) in order to prevent the commission by that person of acriminal offence,or if he dies as the result of a lawful act of war.Protection of right topersonal liberty.20 of 1987.4 of 1988, s.5.72. (1) No person shall be deprived of his personal liberty saveas may be authorized by law in any of the following cases -(a) in execution of the sentence or order of a court, whetherestablished for Kenya or some other country, in respect of acriminal offence of which he has been convicted;(b) in execution of the order of the High Court or the Courtof Appeal punishing him for contempt of that court or ofanother court or tribunal;(c) in execution of the order of a court made to secure thefulfilment of an obligation imposed on him by law;(d) for the purpose of bringing him before a court in executionof the order of a court;(e) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, orbeing about to commit, a criminal offence under the lawof Kenya;(f) in the case of a person who has not attained the age ofeighteen years, for the purpose of his education or welfare;(g) for the purpose of preventing the spread of an infectious orcontagious disease;
Rev. 2009]Constitution of Kenya 57(h) in the case of a person who is, or is reasonably suspectedto be, of unsound mind, addicted to drugs or alcohol, ora vagrant, for the purpose of his care or treatment or theprotection of the community;(i) for the purpose of preventing the unlawful entry of thatperson into Kenya, or for the purpose of effecting theexpulsion, extradition or other lawful removal of that personfrom Kenya or for the purpose of restricting that personwhile he is being conveyed through Kenya in the course ofhis extradition or removal as a convicted prisoner from onecountry to another; or(j) to such extent as may be necessary in the execution ofa lawful order requiring that person to remain within aspecified area within Kenya or prohibiting him from beingwithin such an area, or to such extent as may be reasonablyjustifiable for the taking of proceedings against that personrelating to the making of any such order, or to such extentas may be reasonably justifiable for restraining that personduring a visit that he is permitted to make to a part of Kenyain which, in consequence of the order, his presence wouldotherwise be unlawful.(2) A person who is arrested or detained shall be informed assoon as reasonably practicable, in a language that he understands, ofthe reasons for his arrest or detention.(3) A person who is arrested or detained -(a) for the purpose of bringing him before a court in executionof the order of a court; or(b) upon reasonable suspicion of his having committed, or beingabout to commit, a criminal offence,and who is not released, shall be brought before a court as soon asis reasonably practicable, and where he is not brought before a courtwithin twenty-four hours of his arrest or from the commencement of hisdetention, or within fourteen days of his arrest or detention where he isarrested or detained upon reasonable suspicion of his having committedor about to commit an offence punishable by death, the burden of provingthat the person arrested or detained has been brought before a court assoon as is reasonably practicable shall rest upon any person allegingthat the provisions of this subsection have been complied with.
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