Penal Code

34. Recognizances

Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force

34. Recognizances

(1)If at any time the court which convicted an offender is satisfied that he has failed to observe any of the conditions of his recognizance, it may issue a warrant for his apprehension.

(2)An offender when apprehended on any such warrant shall be brought forthwith before the court by which the warrant was issued, and the court may either remand him in custody until the case is heard or admit him to bail with a sufficient surety conditioned for his appearing for hearing or sentence; and the court may, after hearing the case, pass sentence.

(3)The provisions of sections 128, 129 and 131 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75) shall apply mutatis mutandis to recognizances taken under section 33 of this Code.[Act No. 22 of 1959, s. 30(2).]

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Source: Kenya Law