CAP. 56 Public Order [Rev. 2022] "political organisation" means any organisation which either has among its objects any political purpose or pursues any political purpose; "premises" includes any land, any building and any other place whatsoever; "private premises" means premises which are not public places; "public gathering" means a public meeting, a public procession, and any other meeting, gathering or concourse of ten or more persons in any public place; "public meeting" means any meeting held or to be held in a public place, and any meeting which the public or any section of the public or more than fifty persons are or are to be permitted to attend whether on payment or otherwise; "public place" means any place to which for the time being the public or any section of the public are entitled or permitted to have access whether on payment or otherwise, and, in relation to any meeting to be held in the future, includes any place which will, on the occasion and for the purposes of such meeting, be a public place; "public procession" means any procession in, to or from a public place; "regulating officer" means the officer-in-charge of the police station in the area in which a proposed public meeting is proposed to be held, or in the case of a public procession, the police officer-in-charge of the police station in the area in which the procession is proposed to start and to end; "school" means any premises or any part of any premises where persons are habitually or for the time being taught, whether in one class or more. [Act No. 7 of 1958, s. 2, Act No. 53 of 1960, s. 3, L.N. 402/1963, L.N. 153/1965, Act No. 10 of 1997, Sch.] PART II – QUASI-MILITARY ORGANISATIONS AND POLITICAL UNIFORMS 3. Prohibition of organisations equipped to usurp functions of police, etc. (1) If the members or adherents of any association of persons, whether incorporated or not, are— (a) organised or trained or equipped for the purpose of enabling them to be employed in usurping the functions of the police or of the Kenya Defence Forces; or (b) organised and trained or organised and equipped either for the purpose of enabling them to be employed for the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object, or in such manner as to arouse reasonable apprehension that they are organised and either trained or equipped for that purpose, then any member or adherent of such association shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment, and any person who promotes or conspires with another to promote or who takes part in the control or management of the association, or in so organising or training or equipping as aforesaid any member or adherent thereof, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of two thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment: 6

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