ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
National Police Service Act
65. Power to erect barriers
Edition: 2023-09-15 · In force
65. Power to erect barriers
(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any Gazetted officer or any police officer in charge of a police station may, if he or she considers it necessary to do so for the maintenance and preservation of law and order or for the prevention or detection of any offence, order an officer to erect or place barriers in or across any road or street or in any public place.(2)A police officer in uniform may take all reasonable steps to prevent any vehicle from being driven past any barrier, erected pursuant to subsection (1) and a driver who fails to comply with any reasonable signal given by a police officer in uniform requiring the driver to stop the vehicle before the barrier, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings or to both.(3)The head of the National Police Service shall maintain records of all barriers erected under subsection (1) and the reasons therefor in their respective county and submit these to the respective community policing association.(4)The records referred in subsection (3) shall state the reasons for laying the barriers and shall be open for inspection by authorized persons.(5)The Inspector-General shall issue guidelines on erection of barriers.(6)Members of the public may lodge complaints about the barriers with the County Commander or the Authority.