Section 1 of Hire Purchase Act CAP 507: Short title

(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires - “the appointed day”, means such day as the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint to be the appointed day for the purpose of...

(1) This Act applies to and in respect of all hire-purchase agreements entered into after the commencement of this Act under which the hire-purchase price does not exceed the sum of four million...

(1) Deleted by Act No. 13 of 2017, Sch. (2) For conducting the business of the registry, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint a public officer to be Registrar of Hire-Purchase...

(1) Deleted by Act No. 13 of 2017, Sch. (2) The registrar shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, register any hire-purchase agreement delivered to him under subsection (1), unless the agreement is...

(1) Before a hire-purchase agreement is entered into in respect of any goods, the owner shall state in writing in the prescribed form to the prospective hirer, otherwise than in the agreement, a price...

Any provisions in hire-purchase agreement whereby— (a) an owner or any person acting on his behalf is authorized to enter upon any premises for the purpose of taking possession of goods which have...

(1) In every hire-purchase agreement there shall be implied- (a) a condition that the owner will have a right to sell the goods at the time when the property is to pass; (b) a warranty that the...

(1) The owner of goods under a hire-purchase agreement may stipulate in the agreement - (a) that the hirer shall record his postal, residential and business addresses in the agreement; and (b) that,...

(1) The owner of goods under a hire-purchase agreement may stipulate in the agreement that the hirer shall not remove or permit the removal of the goods from Kenya without the written consent of the...

Where the terms of a hire-purchase agreement require the hirer to keep the goods comprised in the agreement in his possession or control at a particular place or not to remove the goods from a...

(1) At any time before the final payment under a hire-purchase agreement falls due, the hirer may terminate the agreement by returning the goods to the owner and giving him written notice of...

(1) The hirer under a hire-purchase agreement may give notice in writing to the owner of his intention to complete the purchase of the goods by paying or tendering to the owner on a specified day the...

(1) Where an owner institutes a suit to enforce a right to recover possession of goods from a hirer and proves that, before the institution of the suit and after the right to recover possession of...

(1) Where goods have been let under a hire-purchase agreement and two-thirds of the hire-purchase price has been paid, whether in pursuance of the agreement or of a judgment or otherwise, or has been...

(1) Where a suit is instituted in the circumstances described in section 15 of this Act, the owner shall not take any step to enforce payment of any sum due under the hire-purchase agreement or under...

(1) While the operation of an order for the delivery of goods to the owner is postponed under section 16(4)(b), the hirer shall be deemed to be bailee of the goods under and on the terms of the...

(1) No person after the appointed day. shall carry on hire-purchase business, except under and in accordance with the terms of a current licence authorizing him to do so. (2) Any person who...

The Minister shall appoint a public officer to be the licensing officer for the purposes of this Act.

(1) A person may make application for a licence in the prescribed manner, and the licensing officer shall either grant a licence accordingly, either without conditions or subject to such conditions as...

Where the holder of a licence applies for and is refused a new licence, or where a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was carrying on hire-purchase business applies before the...

(1) Any person who is refused a licence may appeal to the Minister in writing within one month after the date of the refusal, and the Minister’s decision shall be final. (2) Where a person appeals...

The holder of a licence shall ensure that the licence or a copy thereof is at all times conspicuously displayed in or on every premises in which he carries on hire-purchase business, and if he fails...

Where goods have been let under a hire-purchase agreement and at any time after two-thirds of the hire-purchase price has been paid or tendered the owner makes a further hire-purchase agreement with...

Where the owner under a hire-purchase agreement enforces a right to recover possession of the goods from the best price reasonably obtainable as soon as is reasonably practicable and he shall be...

If, while the enforcement by an owner of a right to recover possession of goods from a hirer is restricted by this Act, the hirer refuses to give up possession of goods to the owner, the hirer shall...

(1) If a hirer hands or sends by registered post to the owner a written request therefor, and tenders to the owner a sum of ten shillings for expenses, the owner shall, within fourteen days after the...

A hirer who is liable to make payments in respect of two or more hire-purchase agreements to the same owner shall be entitled, on making any payment in respect of the agreements which is not...

An owner shall not be entitled, by reason of the hirer’s failure to carry out any obligation under a hire-purchase agreement, to enforce - (a) any provision in the agreement for the acceleration of...

(1) If - (a) in the case of a natural person, the owner is adjudged bankrupt; or (b) in the case of a company, the owner is placed in liquidation, a hire- purchase agreement entered into by the...

If a hirer is adjudged bankrupt, the rights and duties which are the subject of the hire-purchase agreement entered into by the hirer shall vest in his trustee, notwithstanding the terms of the...

(1) Any notice or document required or authorized to be served on or given to an owner or hirer under this Act may be so served or given - (a) by delivering it to him personally; (b) by leaving it...

(1) The Minister may, in consultation with the Central Bank of Kenya established under the Central Bank of Kenya Act (Cap. 491), determine and publish - (a) the matters to be taken into account in...

(1) Every person carrying on hire-purchase business shall furnish to the Minister, at the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner, all such information as the Minister may reasonably require for...

Any person who knowingly gives false information in any proposal form or other document completed for the purpose of entering into a hire-purchase agreement shall be guilty of an offence and liable to...

(1) The Minister may make rules generally for the better carrying out of any of the provisions or purposes of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection...