ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Age of Majority Act
5. Interpretation of and application to other laws
Edition: 1974-04-05 · In force
5. Interpretation of and application to other laws
(1)Where, under the provisions of any written law in force at the date of commencement of this Act, other than the Kenya Citizenship Act (Cap. 170), the expression "minor", "infant" or "full age" is used to refer to any different age, such expression shall be read and construed as a reference to the age of eighteen years.(2)For the purpose of this Act and any other written law, in computing the age of any person the day on which he was born shall be included as a whole day and he shall be deemed not to have attained such age as may be specified until the beginning of the relevant anniversary of the day of his birth.
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