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 136Equitable 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.
Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) (Rent Book Form) Regulations (Cap. 301).
These Regulations prescribe the form of rent book required to be kept by the landlord under section 3(3) of the Act. The form of rent book is set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Implements: Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act (Cap. 301). (1988)
Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act (Cap. 301).
This Act provides rules for a "controlled tenancy" i.e. a tenancy of a shop, hotel or catering establishment that is not based on a written contract or which is for a period of less than five years or is based on a contract that contains provision for termination, otherwise than for breach of covenant, within five years.The Act proposes a prescribed form of contract for a controlled tenancy and makes terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule to this Act applicable to a controlled tenancy.
Distress 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.
Land Adjudication Act (Cap. 284).
This Act makes provision for the administration of the adjudication of any area of Trust land designated by the Minister. The Minister may designate, by Order, Trust land to which provisions of this Act apply if: (a) the county council in whom the land is vested so requests; (b) the Minister considers it expedient that the rights and interests of persons in the land should be ascertained and registered; and (c) the Land Consolidation Act does not apply to the area.