Last Change:
01/23/2025
Probation of Offenders Act
Year: 1943
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Liberty & security of person
Link to external source:
http://kenyalaw.org:8181/exist/rest//db/kenyalex/Kenya/Legislation/English/Acts%20and%20Regulations/P/Probation%20of%20Offenders%20Act%20-%20No.%2029%20of%201943/docs/ProbationofOffendersAct29of1943.pdf
Description
The Probation of Offenders Act (Cap 64) provides for the release of offenders on probation under supervision, promoting rehabilitation over incarceration.
Selected provisions
Section 4 - Power of court to permit conditional release of offenders
Where a person is charged with an offence which is triable by a subordinate court and the court thinks that the charge is proved but is of opinion that, having regard to the circumstances including the nature of the offence and the character of the offender, it is expedient to release the offender on probation, the court may make a probation order.