Kenya

Mutual Legal Assistance Act, 2011

PART II – ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL AUTHORITY

6. Functions of central authority

(2) For the purposes of this Act, legal assistance means mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and includes, but is not limited to—
(a) identifying and locating of persons for evidential purposes;
(b) examining witnesses;
(c) effecting service of judicial documents;
(d) executing searches and seizures;
(e) examining objects and sites;
(f) providing, including formal production where necessary, originals or certified copies of relevant documents and records, including but not limited to government, bank, financial, corporate or business records;
(g) providing information, evidentiary items and expert evaluations;
(h) facilitating the voluntary attendance of witnesses or potential witnesses in a requesting state;
(i) facilitating the taking of evidence through video conference;
(j) effecting a temporary transfer of persons in custody to appear as a witness;
(k) interception of items during the course of carriage by a public postal service;
(l) identifying, freezing and tracing proceeds of crime;
(m) the recovery and disposal of assets;
(n) preserving communications data;
(o) interception of telecommunications;
(p) conducting covert electronic surveillance;
(q) any other type of legal assistance or evidence gathering that is not contrary to Kenyan law.

Keywords

Other forms of cooperation
International assistance in criminal matters



EDIT.