Prevention Of Terrorism Act 2015 Kenya

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Prevention of terrorism act 2015 kenya. Kenyan president mwai kibaki approved the prevention of terrorist act 2012 kenya s first piece of anti terrorist legislation to be passed on 2 october 2012. An act to provide for the prevention of the commission or support of terrorist acts involving listed terrorist organizations in a foreign country or any part of foreign country and for the control of the persons engaged in such acts and for related matters. Prevention of terrorism rev. Prevention of terrorism 3 an act to provide for the prevention of the commission or support of terrorist acts involving listed terrorist organizations in a foreign country or any part of a foreign country and for the control of persons engaged in such acts and for related matters.

Home prevention of terrorism implementation of united nations security council resolutions on suppression of terrorism regulations 2015. The schedule to the extradition commonwealth countries act is amended by inserting the following new item immediately after item 32 33. Link to related consol act. Section 2 of the prevention of terrorism act amendment to hereinafter referred to as the pnncipal act i s amended by.

Any offence that constitutes a terrorist act under the prevention of terrorism act 2012. The september 2013 siege of nairobi s westgate shopping mall that left 67 people dead and the. Terrorism amendment act 2018. Any offence that constitutes a terrorist act under the prevention of terrorism act 2012.

Whereas action has been taken and further action is threatened. And for connected purposes. An act to amend the terrorism prevention act 2011 by providing for extra territorial application of the act and strengthening of terrorist financing offences. At the urging of al shabaab an increasing number of terrorist attacks in kenya have been carried out by local kenyans many of whom are recent converts to islam.

And for related matters. The largest most high profile attack occurred in 1998 when al qaeda operatives bombed the u s. An act of parliament to amend the prevention of terrorism act. Si 39 of 2015 pdf.

Enacted by the parliament of kenya as follows this act may be cited as the prevention of shost title. Prevention of terrorism act 2015. 211 2013 preamble whereas the republic of kenya has enacted the prevention of terrorism act 2012. Prevention of terrorism act 2004.

Under the prevention of terrorism act pota of 2012 specified entities are equated with terrorist groups membership in a terrorist group is punishable by up to 30 years imprisonment. Kenya has been a frequent target of terrorist attacks. Download of original file.