ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
National Police Service Act
62. Non-liability for act done in obedience to warrant
Edition: 2023-09-15 · In force
62. Non-liability for act done in obedience to warrant
(1)Where the defence to any suit instituted against a police officer is that the act complained of was done in obedience to a warrant purporting to be issued by a judge or magistrate, the court shall, upon production of the warrant containing the signature of the judge or magistrate, accept such warrant as prima facie evidence of the due making thereof, and upon the proof that the act complained of was done in obedience to such warrant enter judgement in favour of such police officer.(2)No proof of the signature of the judge or magistrate who issues a warrant shall be required unless the court has reason to doubt the genuineness thereof, and it shall be a defence that the police officer, at the time the arrest was made, believed on reasonable grounds that the signature was genuine.