ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Prevention of Organised Crimes Act
7. Member of an organised criminal group.
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
7. Member of an organised criminal group.
In considering whether a person is a member of an organized criminal group for purposes of this Part, the court shall have regard to the following factors, namely that such person—(a)admits to being a member of an organised criminal group;(b)is, upon reasonable ground, identified as a member of an organised criminal group;(c)resides in or frequently visits a particular organized criminal group’s area and adopts the name, colours, symbol, style of dress and grooming, use of hand signs, language, tattoos or other representation associated with the organised criminal group or otherwise knowingly associates with members of such group;(d)has been arrested more than once in the company of identified members of an organised criminal group for offences which are consistent with organised criminal group activity;(e)ascribes to the ideologies, values, practices, oathing, mannerisms and general conduct of the organised criminal group members; or(f)knowingly receives any financial or material benefit from an organised criminal group.