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CHAPTER 57
FUGITIVE OFFENDERS (PURSUIT) ACT

[SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION]

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

    ORDERS

        The Fugitive Offenders (Pursuit) (Kenya and Uganda) Order

ORDERS

THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS (PURSUIT) (KENYA AND UGANDA) ORDER

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G.Ns. Nos.
101 of 1938
178 of 1947
161 of 1957
227 of 1962

    1. This Order may be cited as the Fugitive Offenders (Pursuit) (Kenya and Uganda) Order.

    2. The police of the Republic of Kenya may, when in pursuit of a person who has committed, or is reasonably suspected of having committed, an offence in the said Republic, enter Tanzania and pursue and arrest such person within Tanzania:

    Provided that the powers conferred upon the Police of the Republic of Kenya by this Order shall be exercisable only within the area lying between the Kenya-Tanzania border and an imaginary line drawn from Tanga along the railway line to Arusha; thence along the Arusha-Makuyuni road to Makuyuni; thence along the Makuyuni-Oldeani road to mile 47; thence along the Ngorongoro-Ol Bal Bal (Serengeti Plains)-Kenya border (Ol Puss Imoru) road to the point south of Loliondo where the road to Banagi Hill joins it; thence along the Banagi road to Banagi Hill; thence along the Ikoma-Natta-Buhemba-Busegwe road to Busegwe, and thence along the Mwanza-Musoma road to Musoma.

    3. The police of the Republic of Uganda may, when in pursuit of a person who has committed, or is reasonably suspected of having committed, an offence in the said Republic, enter Tanganyika and pursue and arrest such person within Tanzania:

    Provided that the powers conferred upon the Police of the Republic of Uganda by this Order shall be exercisable only within the area in the territory lying between the Uganda-Tanzania border and an imaginary line drawn 50 miles distant from the said border. {/mprestriction}