Criminal Procedure Code
8. Powers of Judicial Service Commission to extend jurisdiction of subordinate courts
8. Powers of Judicial Service Commission to extend jurisdiction of subordinate courts
The Judicial Service Commission may, by notice in the Gazette, extend the jurisdiction of any particular magistrate under section 7 either generally or in relation to particular offences triable by a court of a class which may be held by that magistrate, and a magistrate whose jurisdiction has been so extended may pass sentences thus authorized in cases where they are authorized by law.[Act No. 33 of 1963, Sch., Act No. 11 of 1983, Sch.]Source: Kenya Law