- Section 10 of The Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act CAP 301: Effect of notice where tenant fails to refer to Tribunal, etc.
Where a landlord has served a notice in accordance with the requirements of section 4 of this Act, on a tenant, and the tenant fails within the appropriate time to notify the landlord of his unwillingness to comply with such notice, or to refer the matter to a Tribunal then subject to section 6 of...
- Section 11 of The Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act CAP 301: Establishment of Tribunals
(1) A Tribunal shall consist of a person or persons appointed as such by the Cabinet Secretary, and shall exercise such jurisdiction as is conferred on it by or under this Act, over such area as shall be specified in such appointment.
(2) Persons other than public officers appointed under the...
- Section 12 of The Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act CAP 301: Powers of Tribunals
(1) A Tribunal shall, in relation to its area of jurisdiction have power to do all things which it is required or empowered to do by or under the provisions of this Act, and in addition to and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing shall have power— (a) to determine whether or not any...
- Section 13 of The Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act CAP 301: Compensation for misrepresentation
Where a Tribunal makes any order in respect of a tenancy under this Act and it is subsequently made to appear to the Tribunal that it was induced to make the order by the misrepresentation or the concealment of material facts by either party, the Tribunal may order the offending party to pay to the...
- Section 14 of The Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act CAP 301: Filing of determination or order in court
(1) A duly certified copy of any determination or order of a Tribunal may be filed in a competent subordinate court of the first class by any party to the proceedings before such Tribunal or by the Tribunal, and on such copy being filed and notice thereof being served on the Tribunal by the party...
- Section 15 of The Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act CAP 301: Appeal to court
(1) Any party to a reference aggrieved by any determination or order of a Tribunal made therein may, within thirty days after the date of such determination or order, appeal to the Environment and Land Court:
Provided that the Environment and Land Court may, where it is satisfied that there is...
- Section 16 of The Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) Act CAP 301: Regulations and rules
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing such regulations may prescribe—
(a) the manner in which a Tribunal shall conduct its business;
(b) the procedure in connexion with any...
- Section 1 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Short title
This Act may be cited as the Sale of Goods Act.
- Section 2 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Interpretation
(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires— “action” includes counterclaim and set-off;
“buyer” means a person who buys or agrees to buy goods;
“contract of sale” includes an agreement to sell as well as a sale;
“delivery” means voluntary transfer of possession from one person...
- Section 3 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Sale and agreement to sell
(1) A contract of sale of goods is a contract whereby the seller to sell. transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a money consideration, called the price.
(2) There may be a contract of sale between one part owner and another.
(3) A contract of sale may be absolute...
- Section 4 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Capacity to buy and sell
(1) Capacity to buy and sell is regulated by the general law concerning capacityto contract, and to transfer and acquire property:
Provided that, where necessaries are sold and delivered to an infant or minor, or to a person who by reason of mental incapacity or drunkenness is incompetent to...
- Section 5 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Contract of sale, how made
Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any Act in that behalf, a contract of sale may be made in writing (either with or without seal) or by word of mouth, or partly in writing and partly by word of mouth, or may be implied from the conduct of the parties:
Provided that nothing in this...
- Section 6 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Contract of sale for ten pounds or more to be in writing
(1) A contract for the sale of any goods of the value of two hundred shillingsor upwards shall not be enforceable by action unless the buyer accepts part of the goods so sold, and actually receives them, or gives something in earnest to bind the contract or in part payment, or unless some note or...
- Section 7 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Existing or future goods
(1) The goods which form the subject of a contract of sale may be either existinggoods, owned or possessed by the seller, or goods to be manufactured or acquired by the seller after the making of the contract of sale.
(2) There may be a contract for the sale of goods the acquisition of which bythe...
- Section 8 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Sale of perished goods
Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods, and the goods without the knowledge of the seller have perished at the time when the contract is made, the contract is void.
- Section 9 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Goods perished after agreement to sell
Where there is an agreement to sell specific goods, and subsequently the goods, without any fault on the part of the seller or buyer, perish before the risk passes to the buyer, the agreement is thereby avoided.
- Section 10 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Ascertainment of price
(1) The price in a contract of sale may be fixed by the contract, or may be leftto be fixed in a manner thereby agreed, or may be determined by the course of dealing between the parties.
(2) Where the price is not determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the buyer must pay a...
- Section 11 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Agreement to sell at valuation
(1) Where there is an agreement to sell goods on the terms that the price isto be fixed by the valuation of a third party, and the third party cannot or does not make a valuation, the agreement is avoided:
Provided that if the goods or any part thereof have been delivered to and appropriated by the...
- Section 12 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Stipulations as to time
(1) Unless a different intention appears from the terms of the contract,stipulations as to time of payment are not deemed to be of the essence of a contract of sale.
(2) Whether any other stipulation as to time is of the essence of the contractor not depends on the terms of the contract.
(3) In a...
- Section 13 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: When condition to be treated as warranty
(1) Where a contract of sale is subject to any condition to be fulfilled by the seller, the buyer may waive the condition, or may elect to treat the breach of condition as a breach of warranty and not as a ground for treating the contract as repudiated.
(2) Whether a stipulation in a contract of...
- Section 14 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Condition and warranties implied in contracts of sale
In a contract of sale, unless the circumstances of the contract are such as to show a different intention, there is—
(a) an implied condition on the part of the seller that in the case of a sale he has a right to sell the goods, and that in the case of an agreement to sell he will have a right to...
- Section 15 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Conditions implied by description
Where there is a contract for the sale of goods by description, there is an implied condition that the goods shall correspond with the description; and, if the sale is by sample as well as by description, it is not sufficient that the bulk of the goods corresponds with the sample if the goods do not...
- Section 16 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: No implied warranty as to fitness, except in certain cases
Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any Act in that behalf, there is no implied warranty or condition as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a contract of sale, except as follows—
(a) where the buyer, expressly or by implication, makes known to the...
- Section 17 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Sale by sample
(1) A contract of sale is a contract for sale by sample where there is a term inthe contract, express or implied, to that effect.
(2) In the case of a contract for sale by sample there is—
(a) an implied condition that the bulk shall correspond with the sample in quality;
(b) an implied condition...
- Section 18 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Property in unascertained goods
Where there is a contract for the sale of unascertained goods, no property in the goods is transferred to the buyer unless and until the goods are ascertained.
- Section 19 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Property in specific or ascertained goods passes when intended to pass
(1) Where there is a contract for the sale of specific or ascertained goods, the property in them is transferred to the buyer at such time as the parties to the contract intend it to be transferred.
(2) For the purpose of ascertaining the intention of the parties, regard shall be had to the terms...
- Section 20 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Rules for ascertaining intention as to time when property passes
Unless a different intention appears, the following rules apply for ascertaining the intention of the parties as to the time at which the property in the goods is to pass to the buyer—
(a) where there is an unconditional contract for the sale of specific goods, in a deliverable state, the property...
- Section 21 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Reservation by seller of right of disposal
(1) Where there is a contract for the sale of specific goods, or where goods are subsequently appropriated to the contract, the seller may, by the terms of the contract or appropriation, reserve the right of disposal of the goods until certain conditions are fulfilled; and in that case,...
- Section 22 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Risk prima facie passes with property
Unless otherwise agreed, the goods remain at the seller’s risk until the property therein is transferred to the buyer, but when the property therein is transferred to the buyer the goods are at the buyer’s risk whether delivery has been made or not:
Provided that—
(i) where delivery has been...
- Section 23 of Sale of Goods Act CAP 31: Sale by person not the owner
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where goods are sold by a person whois not the owner thereof, and who does not sell them under the authority or with the consent of the owner, the buyer acquires no better title to the goods than the seller had, unless the owner of the goods is by his...