Prisons Act

58. Trafficking

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

58. Trafficking

Any person without lawful authority who—

(a)conveys, supplies or causes to be supplied or conveyed to any prisoner, whether within or without a prison, or hides or places for the use of any prisoner, any letter or document, or any intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothing, provisions or any other articles whatsoever; or

(b)brings or attempts to bring by any means whatsoever into any prison, or places or attempts to place where prisoners shall labour, any letter or document, or any intoxicating liquor, tobacco, bhang or hemp, drug, opiate, money, clothing or provisions; or

(c)brings or attempts to bring out of any prison or conveys from any prison any letter or document; or

(d)communicates with any prisoner without lawful authority,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding four thousand shillings or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

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Source: Kenya Law