ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Kenya Defence Forces Act
153. Limitation of time for trial of offences
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
153. Limitation of time for trial of offences
(1)A person shall not have a charge dealt with summarily for an offence under this Act, other than an offence under sections 72, 73 or 74(1)(a), unless the trial begun within three years after the commission of the offence, subject to subsections (2) and (3).(2)When calculating a period contemplated in subsection (1), any period during which a person was illegally absent or a prisoner of war shall be disregarded.(3)In applying subsection (1), in the case of an offence under section 133, if any written law requires that proceedings for the corresponding civil offence shall be brought within a particular time, that time limit shall apply to the trial of the offence under that section instead of three years (the same periods being disregarded).