Legal Name: The National Council for Law Reporting
Brand Name: Kenya Law
Organization type: A semi-autonomous state corporation
Parent Institution: The Judiciary
Parent Act: The National Council for Law Reporting Act
Mission
To Provide Universal Access to Kenya’s Public Legal Information by Monitoring and Reporting on the Development of Jurisprudence for the Promotion of the Rule of Law
Vision
Accessible Public Legal Information towards an Enlightened Society
Members:
Resources
Displaying 106 - 110 of 136Distress for Rent Act (Cap. 293).
This Act makes provision with respect to distress for the recovery of any rent or rent service in arrear and due upon a grant, lease, demise or contract. This Act shall apply also to lease of any land used for agricultural or pastoral purposes. One of the remedies available to the creditor is to instruct a licensed auctioneer to seize and secure any stock or crops loose and not attached to the land under lease. Rules for proper distress action are given and wrongful distraint is declared to be an offence and shall be punished in accordance with provisions of this Act.
Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) (Tribunal) (Forms and Procedure) Regulations (Cap. 301).
These Regulations provide rules for proceedings before the Tribunal established under the Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act and prescribe forms of notices relative to tenancy contracts and proceedings before the Tribunal. The Regulations provide that forms used in proceedings before the Tribunal shall be the forms used in subordinate courts from time to time with such modification as may be necessary.
Trespass Act (Cap. 294).
This Act prohibits the trespassing and some related activities, without reasonable excuse, on private land or any land in possession of a person other than the one trespassing. It shall be an offence to enter private land without reasonable excuse or consent of the occupier or to cultivate such land or graze stock on such land.
Equitable Mortgages Act (Cap. 291).
This Act provides for the validity of mortgages or charges made in Kenya by delivery to a person or his agent of a document or documents of title to immovable property, with intent to create a security thereon. Such mortgages shall not be invalidated by section 59 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, of India, as applied to Kenya.
Land (Group Representatives) Act (Cap. 287).
This Act makes provision for the incorporation of group representatives of groups formed under the Land Adjudication Act and contains rules relative to the administration of such group representatives and its property and the nomination and powers of the Registrar of Group Representatives. The Minister shall appoint a Registrar of Group Representatives to perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed and conferred on by this Act.