MENU

Section 185 of Penal Code CAP 63: Wearing uniforms declared to be for exclusive use

    

(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, upon the application of any persons who perform, or who are members of any organization which performs, any service which in his opinion is in the public interest, declare that any uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark used by those persons and described in the notice shall be for the exclusive use of those persons. [L.N. 299/1956, L.N. 172/1960.]
(2) Any person who, without the authority of the persons upon whose application a notice under this section has been published in the Gazette, uses or wears any uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark described in the notice, or any uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark so closely resembling the same as to lead to the belief that it is a uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark so described, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one month or to a fine of two hundred shillings:
Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent any person from using or wearing the uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark in the course of a stage play performed in any public place in which stage plays may lawfully be publicly performed, or in the course of a music-hall or circus performance, or in the course of the making or production of a cinematograph film, if the uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark is not used or worn in such a manner or in such circumstances as to bring it into contempt.
(3) Any person who, without the authority of the persons upon whose application a notice under this section has been published in the Gazette, imports or sells or has in his possession for sale any uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark described in the notice is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for six months or to a fine of two thousand shillings.
(4) Where any person has been convicted of any offence under this section, the uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark in respect of which the offence has been committed shall be forfeited unless the Minister otherwise orders.

« Previous:   Section 184 - Unauthorized uniforms          Next: »   Section 186 - Spreading infection

Disclaimer: This document is not to be taken as legal advise.

Enhance Your Research with Bookmarks and Annotations

Here's how you can use these features:

  • To bookmark this page, click the "Bookmark this Page" button below the document title.
  • To add an annotation, highlight text in the document and select "Add Annotation" from the toolbar that appears.
  • These features are great for organizing your research and keeping track of key information.
  • You can view and manage your bookmarks and annotations on your Bookmarks and Annotations page.

Cited By:

More Sections

  • Section 186 - Spreading infection

    Any person who unlawfully or negligently does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, is guilty of a...

  • Section 191 - Fouling water

    Any person who voluntarily corrupts or fouls the water of any public spring or reservoir, so as to render it less fit for the purpose for which it is ordinarily used, is guilty of a misdemeanour.

  • Section 192 - Fouling air

    Any person who voluntarily vitiates the atmosphere in any place, so as to make it noxious to the health of persons in general dwelling or carrying on business in the neighbourhood or passing along a...

  • Section 193 - Offensive trades

    Any person who, for the purposes of trade or otherwise, makes loud noises or offensive or unwholesome smells in such places and circumstances as to annoy any considerable number of persons in the...

  • Section 194 - Definition of libel

    Any person who, by print, writing, painting or effigy, or by any means otherwise than solely by gestures, spoken words or other sounds, unlawfully publishes any defamatory matter concerning another...

  • Section 195 - Definition of defamatory matter.

    Defamatory matter is matter likely to injure the reputation of any person by exposing him to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or likely to damage any person in his profession or trade by an injury to his...

  • Section 196 - Definition of publication

    (1) A person publishes a libel if he causes the print, writing, painting, effigy or other means by which the defamatory matter is conveyed to be so dealt with, either by exhibition, reading,...

  • Section 197 - Definition of unlawful publication

    Any publication of defamatory matter concerning a person is unlawful within the meaning of this Chapter, unless— (a) the matter is true and it was for the public benefit that it should be published;...

  • Section 198 - Cases in which publication of defamatory matter is absolutely privileged

    (1) The publication of defamatory matter is absolutely privileged, and no person shall under any circumstances be liable to punishment under this Code in respect thereof, in any of the following...

  • Section 199 - Cases in which publication of defamatory matter is conditionally privileged

    A publication of defamatory matter is privileged, on condition that it was published in good faith, if the relation between the parties by and to whom the publication is made is such that the person...

  • Section 200 - Explanation as to good faith

    A publication of defamatory matter shall be deemed not to have been made in good faith by a person, within the meaning of section 199, if it is made to appear either— (a) that the matter was untrue,...

  • Section 202 - Manslaughter

    (1) Any person who by an unlawful act or omission causes the death of another person is guilty of the felony termed manslaughter. (2) An unlawful omission is an omission amounting to culpable...

  • Section 203 - Murder

    Any person who of malice aforethought causes death of another person by an unlawful act or omission is guilty of murder.

  • Section 204 - Punishment of murder

    Any person convicted of murder shall be sentenced to death.

  • Section 205 - Punishment of manslaughter

    Any person who commits the felony of manslaughter is liable to imprisonment for life.

  • Section 206 - Malice aforethought

    Malice aforethought shall be deemed to be established by evidence proving any one or more of the following circumstances— (a) an intention to cause the death of or to do grievous harm to any person,...

  • Section 207 - Killing on provocation

    When a person who unlawfully kills another under circumstances which, but for the provisions of this section, would constitute murder, does the act which causes death in the heat of passion caused by...

  • Section 208 - Provocation defined

    (1) The term “provocation” means and includes, except as hereinafter stated, any wrongful act or insult of such a nature as to be likely, when done to an ordinary person or in the presence of an...

  • Section 209 - Suicide pacts

    (1) It shall be manslaughter, and shall not be murder, for a person acting in pursuance of a suicide pact between him and another to kill the other or be a party to the other killing himself or being...

  • Section 210 - Infanticide

    Where a woman by any wilful act or omission causes the death of her child being a child under the age of twelve months, but at the time of the act or omission the balance of her mind was disturbed by...

  • Section 211 - Sentence of death not to be passed on pregnant woman

    Where a woman convicted of an offence punishable with death is found in accordance with the provisions of section 212 to be pregnant, the sentence to be passed on her shall be a sentence of...

  • Section 212 - Procedure where woman convicted of capital offence alleges she is pregnant

    (1) Where a woman convicted of an offence punishable with death alleges that she is pregnant, or where the court before whom she is so convicted thinks fit so to order, the question whether or not the...

  • Section 213 - Causing death defined

    A person is deemed to have caused the death of another person although his act is not the immediate or the sole cause of death in any of the following cases— (a) if he inflicts bodily injury on...

  • Section 214 - When child deemed to be a person

    A child becomes a person capable of being killed when it has completely proceeded in a living state from the body of its mother, whether it has breathed or not, and whether it has an independent...

  • Section 215 - Limitation as to time of death

    (1) A person is not deemed to have killed another if the death of that person does not take place within a year and a day of the cause of death. (2) Such period is reckoned inclusive of the day on...

  • Section 216 - Responsibility of person who has charge of another

    It is the duty of every person having charge of another who is unable by reason of age, sickness, unsoundness of mind, detention or any other cause to withdraw himself from such charge, and who is...

  • Section 217 - Duty of masters

    It is the duty of every person who as master or mistress has contracted to provide necessary food, clothing or lodging for any servant or apprentice under the age of sixteen years to provide the same;...

  • Section 218 - Duty of persons doing dangerous acts

    It is the duty of every person who, except in a case of necessity, undertakes to administer surgical or medical treatment to any other person, or to do any other lawful act which is or may be...

  • Section 219 - Duty of persons in charge of dangerous things

    It is the duty of every person who has in his charge or under his control anything, whether living or inanimate, and whether moving or stationary, of such a nature that, in the absence of care or...

  • Section 220 - Attempt to murder

    Any person who— (a) attempts unlawfully to cause the death of another; or (b) with intent unlawfully to cause the death of another does any act, or omits to do any act which it is his duty to do,...

  • Section 221 - Attempt to murder by convict

    Any person who, being under a sentence of imprisonment for three years or more, attempts to commit murder is liable to imprisonment for life.

  • Section 222 - Accessory after the fact to murder

    Any person who becomes an accessory after the fact to murder is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.

  • Section 223 - Threats to kill

    (1) Any person who without lawful excuse utters, or directly or indirectly causes any person to receive, a threat, whether in writing or not, to kill any person is guilty of a felony and is liable to...

  • Section 224 - Conspiracy to murder

    Any person who conspires with any other person to kill any person, whether that person is in Kenya or elsewhere, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.

  • Section 225 - Aiding suicide

    Any person who— (a) procures another to kill himself; or (b) counsels another to kill himself and thereby induces him to do so; or (c) aids another in killing himself, is guilty of a felony...

  • Section 226 - Attempting suicide

    Any person who attempts to kill himself is guilty of a misdemeanour.

  • Section 227 - Concealing birth

    Any person who, when a woman is delivered of a child, endeavours by any secret disposition of the dead body of the child to conceal the birth, whether the child died before, at or after its birth, is...

  • Section 228 - Killing unborn child

    Any person who, when a woman is about to be delivered of a child, prevents the child from being born alive by any act or omission of such a nature that, if the child had been born alive and had then...

  • Section 229 - Disabling in order to commit felony or misdemeanour

    Any person who, by any means calculated to choke, suffocate or strangle, and with intent to commit or to facilitate the commission of a felony or misdemeanour, or to facilitate the flight of an...

  • Section 230 - Stupefying in order to commit felony or misdemeanour

    Any person who, with intent to commit or to facilitate the commission of a felony or misdemeanour, or to facilitate the flight of an offender after the commission or attempted commission of a felony...

  • Section 231 - Acts intended to cause grievous harm or to prevent arrest

    Any person who, with intent to maim, disfigure or disable any person, or to do some grievous harm to any person, or to resist or prevent the lawful arrest or detention of any person— (a) unlawfully...

  • Section 232 - Preventing escape from wreck

    Any person who unlawfully— (a) prevents or obstructs any person who is on board of, or is escaping from, a vessel which is in distress or wrecked, in his endeavours to save his life; or...

  • Section 233 - Intentionally endangering safety of persons travelling by railway

    Any person who, with intent to injure or to endanger the safety of any person travelling by any railway, whether a particular person or not— (a) places anything on the railway; or (b) deals with...

  • Section 234 - Grievous harm

    Any person who unlawfully does grievous harm to another is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.

  • Section 235 - Attempting to injure by explosive substances

    Any person who unlawfully, and with intent to do any harm to another, puts any explosive substance in any place whatever, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.

  • Section 236 - Maliciously administering poison with intent to harm

    Any person who unlawfully, and with intent to injure or annoy another, causes any poison or noxious thing to be administered to, or taken by, any person, and thereby endangers his life, or does him...

  • Section 237 - Unlawful wounding or poisoning.

    Any person who— (a) unlawfully wounds another; or (b) unlawfully, and with intent to injure or annoy any person, causes any poison or other noxious thing to be administered to, or taken by, any...

  • Section 238 - Intimidation and molestation.

    (1) Any person who intimidates or molests any other person is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years. [Act No. 54 of 1960, s. 29.] (2) A person...

  • Section 239 - Failure to supply necessaries

    Any person who, being charged with the duty of providing for another the necessaries of life, without lawful excuse fails to do so, whereby the life of that other person is or is likely to be...

  • Section 240 - Surgical operation

    A person is not criminally responsible for performing in good faith and with reasonable care and skill a surgical operation upon any person for his benefit, or upon an unborn child for the...