Merchant Shipping Act
431. Jurisdiction over ships lying off coast
431. Jurisdiction over ships lying off coast
Where the area within which the court has jurisdiction is situated on the coast of the sea or abuts on or projects into any bay, channel, or other navigable water, the court shall have jurisdiction as respects offences under this Act over any vessel being on, or lying or passing off, that coast or being in or near that bay, channel, or navigable water and over all persons on board that vessel or for the time being belonging to it.Source: Kenya Law