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<\/a>CHAPTER 57
FUGITIVE OFFENDERS (PURSUIT) ACT\n<\/p>\n

[SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION]\n<\/p>\n

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION\n<\/p>\n

    ORDERS\n<\/p>\n

        The Fugitive Offenders (Pursuit) (Kenya and Uganda) Order<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

ORDERS\n<\/p>\n

<\/a>THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS (PURSUIT) (KENYA AND UGANDA) ORDER<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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G.Ns. Nos.
101 of 1938
178 of 1947
161 of 1957
227 of 1962\n<\/p>\n

    1. <\/b>This Order may be cited as the Fugitive Offenders (Pursuit) (Kenya and Uganda) Order.\n<\/p>\n

    2. <\/b>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:\n<\/p>\n

    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.\n<\/p>\n

    3. <\/b>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:\n<\/p>\n

    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.
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