ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act
32. Director may require information
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
32. Director may require information
(1)Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law, the Director may, in accordance with subsection (2), issue a directive in writing to any officer for purposes of obtaining information relevant to an investigation or prosecution of an offence.(2)Where the Director has instituted or taken over, or is considering whether to bring or take over, a prosecution or appeal, revision or any other proceedings in relation to an offence or suspected offence, a directive may be made for—(a)any specified information, document or material or a specified kind of information, document or material, or for all relevant information, documents and material, to be furnished to the Director; or(b)the provision of assistance, including the carrying out of an investigation or further investigation of a matter, in relation to the offence or suspected offence.(3)An officer to whom a directive is made under this section shall comply with it and keep the Director informed of the progress made in complying with the directive.(4)In this section"document" includes data recorded or stored mechanically, photographically or electronically and any tape, disc or other device or medium on which it is recorded or stored;"officer" means—(a)the Inspector General or a member of the National Police Service, Prisons Service or any other investigative agency of the Government;(b)a person employed by an authority or corporation established under any law of Kenya and authorized by or under the law to investigate or to make a complaint in relation to an offence against a law in force in Kenya;(c)any officer or employee of the public service or of the public sector; or(d)any officer employed by or managing a private corporate body, a non-governmental organisation, or any other civil society organization whether duly registered or not.