ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act
4. Cases triable by special Magistrates
Edition: 2025-08-19 · In force
4. Cases triable by special Magistrates
(1)Notwithstanding anything contained in the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75), or in any other law for the time being in force, the offences specified in this Act shall be tried by special Magistrates only.(2)Every offence specified in this Act shall be tried by the special Magistrate for the area within which it was committed, or, as the case may be, by the special Magistrate appointed for the case, or where there are more special Magistrates than one for such area, by one of them as may be specified in this behalf by the Chief Justice.(3)When trying any case, a special Magistrate may also try any offence, other than an offence specified in this Act, with which the accused may, under the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75), be charged at the same trial.(4)Notwithstanding anything contained in the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75), a special Magistrate shall, as far as practicable, hold the trial of an offence on a day-to-day basis until completion.