ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Extradition (Commonwealth Countries) Act
14. Person returned not to be tried for other offence.
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
14. Person returned not to be tried for other offence.
A person who is accused or convicted of an offence under the Law of Kenya, and who is returned to Kenya from a designated Commonwealth country under a law of that country corresponding with this Act, shall not be dealt with in Kenya for or in respect of any offence committed before he was returned to Kenya, other than—(a)the offence in respect of which he was returned; or(b)any lesser offence proved by the facts proved for the purposes of securing his return; or(c)any other offence in respect of which the government of the country from which he was returned may consent to his being dealt with, during the period beginning with the day of his arrival in Kenya on his return and ending forty-five days after the first subsequent day on which he has the opportunity to leave Kenya.