Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it has now been decided by the legislative council to replace the Indian penal code which has up till now been in use in Kenya by the British penal code; and, if so, when this change will take place?
§ Dr. SHIELSA Bill is now before the legislative council of Kenya for the purpose of bringing into force a penal1946W code and a criminal procedure code based upon English law and practice. It is proposed that similar codes should be brought into effect also in the Tanganyika Territory, Uganda and Nyasaland, and the necessary legislation has been, or will be, introduced in the legislative councils of those dependencies. It was contemplated that these codes should come into operation on 1st January, 1930; but so far as concerns the Tanganyika Territory, Uganda and Nyasaland, it is understood that they could not in any case be adopted before 1st April, 1930.