ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Kenya Defence Forces Act
211. Trials by civil courts
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
211. Trials by civil courts
(1)Nothing in this Act restricts the offences for which a person may be tried by a civil court, or the jurisdiction of a civil court to try a person subject to this Act for an offence other than an offence under Part VI.(2)Where a person—(a)is tried by a civil court for a civil offence; and(b)has already been sentenced to or awarded punishment for an offence under Part VI consisting of an act or omission that constitutes (whether wholly or in part) the civil offence,section 63 of the Interpretation and General Provisions Act (Cap. 2) shall not apply but the civil court shall, in sentencing the person, have regard to the punishment imposed in respect of the offence under Part VI.