ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Penal Code
303. Definition of breaking and entering
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
303. Definition of breaking and entering
(1)A person who breaks any part, whether external or internal, of a building, or opens by unlocking, pulling, pushing, lifting or any other means whatever any door, window, shutter, cellar flap or other thing intended to close or cover an opening in a building, or an opening giving passage from one part of a building to another, is deemed to break the building.(2)A person is deemed to enter a building as soon as any part of his body or any part of any instrument used by him is within the building.(3)A person who obtains entrance into a building by means of any threat or artifice used for that purpose, or by collusion with any person in the building, or who enters any aperture of the building left open for any purpose, but not intended to be ordinarily used as a means of entrance, is deemed to have broken and entered the building.