ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Prisons Act
67. Corrective training may be ordered in certain circumstances
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
67. Corrective training may be ordered in certain circumstances
(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, where a person, who has attained the apparent age of seventeen years but has not attained the apparent age of twenty-one years, is convicted of an offence not punishable with death, the court may sentence such person to corrective training in a youth corrective training centre for a period of four months:Provided that no person shall be sentenced to corrective training in a youth corrective training centre—(i)if he has previously been detained in prison, a detention camp as defined in the Detention Camps Act (Repealed), an approved school as defined in the Children and Young Persons Act (Repealed), or a borstal institution as defined in the Borstal Institutions Act (Cap. 92); or(ii)if he has previously been sentenced to corrective training in a youth corrective training centre; or(iii)for failure to pay any tax or rate under the Income Tax Act (Cap. 470):Provided further that no person shall be sentenced to corrective training in a youth corrective training centre unless the court is satisfied that accommodation for such person is available in a youth corrective training centre.(2)Every person sentenced to corrective training in a youth corrective training centre shall be deemed to be a prisoner for the purposes of this Act, including remission of sentence.