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Prisons Rules, 1963 🇰🇪

Kenya

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Prisons Act, 1962

Legal Notice No. 60

Prisons Rules, 1963

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Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Citation

These Rules may be cited as the Prisons Rules.

2. Interpretation

In these Rules, except where the context otherwise requires—long-sentence prisoner” means a prisoner who is sentenced to imprisonment for a period exceeding six months or for consecutive periods the total of which exceeds six months;short-sentence prisoner” means a prisoner who is sentenced to imprisonment for a period of six months or to corrective training for a period of four months or less to a Youth Corrective Training Centre.

3. Manner in which Rules shall be applied

These Rules shall be applied, due allowance being made for differences in character and amenability to discipline of various types of prisoners, in acc…

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