# Article 48 of the Constitution of Kenya

- Jurisdiction: Kenya (KE)
- Article: 48
- Source document: The Kenya Constitution
- Canonical (HTML): https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/e0620222-042a-406b-b792-1ff7b4e2d918
- This document: https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/e0620222-042a-406b-b792-1ff7b4e2d918/md
- Constitution: https://www.portablelawyer.app/countries/03fe64e6-7dc2-4959-950b-e59f32a20028

## Verbatim text

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any fee is required, it shall be reasonable and shall not impede access
to justice.
Rights of arrested persons.
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 48 of the Constitution of Kenya.
- The passage runs to about 19 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions arrest and detention — it deals with arrest or detention, and the conditions attached to holding a person (the words used: “arrested”).
- **Caveat:** The row’s stored title is a body fragment, not a heading (“The State shall ensure access to justice for all persons and, if”), so it is not used as the provision’s title here.
- **Caveat:** The index gives this passage an article number but stores a body fragment where a heading would be, so the number could not be cross-checked against the text. Check it against the official Constitution before relying on it in a citation.

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

## How to cite this

Constitution of Kenya, article 48, Portable Lawyer, https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/e0620222-042a-406b-b792-1ff7b4e2d918 (accessed 25 October 2026).

## Related

- [Constitution of Kenya](https://www.portablelawyer.app/countries/03fe64e6-7dc2-4959-950b-e59f32a20028)
- [Kenya on Portable Lawyer](https://www.portablelawyer.app/countries/03fe64e6-7dc2-4959-950b-e59f32a20028)
- [HTML version of this provision](https://www.portablelawyer.app/provision/e0620222-042a-406b-b792-1ff7b4e2d918)
- [Machine-readable corpus digest](https://www.portablelawyer.app/llms-full.txt)

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Portable Lawyer · Article 48 of the Constitution of Kenya. any fee is required, it shall be reasonable and shall not impede access to justice. Rights of arrested persons.