ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Public Order Act
21. Jurisdiction
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
21. Jurisdiction
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other written law, a subordinate court may try any offence under this Act or under any regulations made thereunder and—(a)if presided over by a Senior Resident Magistrate, or by any Resident Magistrate upon whom such power has, by notice in the Gazette, been conferred, may pass any sentence authorised for such offence other than a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding ten years;(b)if presided over by a Resident Magistrate, may pass any such sentence other than a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years; and(c)in any other case, may pass any such sentence other than a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding five years.