ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Penal Code
185. Wearing uniforms declared to be for exclusive use
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
185. Wearing uniforms declared to be for exclusive use
(1)The Cabinet Secretary may, by notice in the Gazette, upon the application of any persons who perform, or who are members of any organization which performs, any service which in his opinion is in the public interest, declare that any uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark used by those persons and described in the notice shall be for the exclusive use of those persons.(2)Any person who, without the authority of the persons upon whose application a notice under this section has been published in the Gazette, uses or wears any uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark described in the notice, or any uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark so closely resembling the same as to lead to the belief that it is a uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark so described, is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for one month or to a fine of two hundred shillings:Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent any person from using or wearing the uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark in the course of a stage play performed in any public place in which stage plays may lawfully be publicly performed, or in the course of a music-hall or circus performance, or in the course of the making or production of a cinematograph film, if the uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark is not used or worn in such a manner or in such circumstances as to bring it into contempt.(3)Any person who, without the authority of the persons upon whose application a notice under this section has been published in the Gazette, imports or sells or has in his possession for sale any uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark described in the notice is guilty of a misdemeanour and is liable to imprisonment for six months or to a fine of two thousand shillings.(4)Where any person has been convicted of any offence under this section, the uniform, badge, button or other distinctive mark in respect of which the offence has been committed shall be forfeited unless the Cabinet Secretary otherwise orders.