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77.Subversive activities
(1)
Any person who does or attempts to do, or makes any preparation to do, or conspires with any person to do, any act with a subversive intention, or utters any words with a subversive intention, is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.
(2)
Deleted by Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 9.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, “subversive” means—
(a)
supporting, propagating (otherwise than with intent to attempt to procure by lawful means the alteration, correction, defeat, avoidance or punishment thereof) or advocating any act or thing prejudicial to public order, the security of Kenya or the administration of justice;
(b)
inciting to violence or other disorder or crime, or counselling defiance of or disobedience to the law or lawful authority;
(c)
intended or calculated to support or assist or benefit, in or in relation to such acts or intended acts as are hereinafter described, persons who act, intend to act or have acted in a manner prejudicial to public order, the security of Kenya or the administration of justice, or who incite, intend to incite or have incited to violence or other disorder or crime, or who counsel, intend to counsel or have counselled defiance of or disobedience to the law or lawful authority;
(d)
indicating, expressly or by implication, any connexion, association or affiliation with, or support for, any unlawful society;
(e)
intended or calculated to promote feelings of hatred or enmity between different races or communities in Kenya:
Provided that the provisions of this paragraph do not extend to comments or criticisms made in good faith and with a view to the removal of any causes of hatred or enmity between races or communities;
(f)
intended or calculated to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against any public officer, or any class of public officers, in the execution of his or their duties, or any naval, military or air force or the National Youth Service for the time being lawfully in Kenya or any officer or member of any such force in the execution of his duties:
Provided that the provisions of this paragraph do not extend to comments or criticisms made in good faith and with a view to the remedying or correction of errors, defects or misconduct on the part of any such public officer, force or officer or member thereof as aforesaid and without attempting to bring into hatred or contempt, or to excite disaffection against, any such person or force; or
(g)
intended or calculated to seduce from his allegiance or duty any public officer or any officer or member of any naval, military or air force or the National Youth Service for the time being lawfully in Kenya.
[Act No. 54 of 1960, s. 16, Act No. 3 of 1965, s. 26, Act No. 5 of 2003, s. 9, Act No. 7 of 2007, Sch.]
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