Land Registration Act 2012 in Kenya

1) Each co-tenant of land shall be entitled to receive a copy of the certificate of title of that land. (2) The Registrar, on application by co-tenant in the prescribed form, shall issue a copy of the certificate of ownership to that co-tenant, with an endorsement signed by the Registrar that the...

(1) Subject to the law on matrimonial property, if a spouse obtains land for the co-ownership and use of both spouses or, all the spouses— (a) there shall be a presumption that the spouses shall hold the land as joint tenants unless— (i) a provision in the certificate of ownership or the...

(1) Any of the tenants in common may, with the consent of all the tenants in common, make an application, in the prescribed form, to the Registrar for the partition of land occupied in common and subject to the provisions of this Act and of any other written law applying to or requiring consent to a...

(1) If the land sought to be partitioned is capable of being partitioned generally, and the tenants in common have agreed on the partition, but the resultant share of any particular tenant would be less in acreage than the minimum prescribed under the Land Act, either generally or for the...

(1) If for any reason the land sought to be partitioned is incapable of being partitioned, or the partition would adversely affect the proper use of the land, and the applicant for partition or one or more of the other tenants in common require the land to be sold, and the tenants in common cannot...

(1) If any undivided share in land or a lease held by tenants in common is subject to a charge, a partition of that land or lease shall not be registered by the Registrar unless the lender’s written consent is produced to the Registrar. (2) If a partition referred to in this section takes place...

1) An owner of land or a lessor may, by an instrument in the prescribed form, grant an easement over the land, lease or a part of that land to the owner of another parcel of land or a lessee for the benefit of that other parcel of land. (2) The owner of land or a lessor referred to in subsection...

(1) Subject to subsection (3), an easement granted or an analogous right created under this Part may be cancelled by the person occupying the dominant land. (2) Any cancellation pursuant to subsection (1), shall be effected in the prescribed form and the easement, or analogous right shall be...

(1) The benefit of an easement, or an analogous right granted under this Part shall be enjoyed, during the term of its existence, by the owner of the dominant land, any successors in title and by— (a) any lessee of the dominant land, or so far as the nature of the easement, or analogous right or...

The Environment and Land Court established by the Environment and Land Court Act, 2011 No. 19 of 2011 has jurisdiction to hear and determine disputes, actions and proceedings concerning land under this Act.

(1) The Cabinet Secretary may prescribe the rates of fees payable for any matters in respect of which, by this Act, prescribed fees are required to be paid by any person and shall keep such fees under continuous review. (2) Fees prescribed under this section shall be at a per centum rate of the...

(1) A person who— (a) knowingly makes a false statement, orally or in writing, in connection with a disposition or other transaction affecting land or any other matter arising under this Act, or (b) knowingly gives a false information or makes a false statement, either orally or in writing, in...

(1) A register maintained under any of the repealed Acts shall, on the commencement of this Act, be deemed to be the land register for the corresponding registration unit established under this Act. (2) Upon receiving an adjudication register from the Director of Land Adjudication, the Registrar...

(1) On the effective date, the following provisions shall apply in respect of every parcel of land, the title to land which is already registered under the repealed Acts— (a) if the title to a parcel of land is comprised in a grant or certificate of title registered under the repealed Registered...

(1) On the effective date, the repealed Acts shall cease to apply to a parcel of land to which this Act applies. (2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the rights, liabilities and remedies of the parties under any mortgage, charge, memorandum of equitable mortgage, memorandum of charge by deposit of...

(1) Unless the contrary is specifically provided for in this Act, any right, interest, title, power, or obligation acquired, accrued, established, coming into force or exercisable before the commencement of this Act shall continue to be governed by the law applicable to it immediately prior to the...

Until the Cabinet Secretary makes the regulations contemplated under section 110, any rules, or other administrative acts made, given, issued or undertaken before the commencement of this Act under any of the Acts of Parliament repealed by this Act or any other law, shall continue in force and shall...

The written laws set out in the Schedule are repealed.

1) The Cabinet Secretary shall make regulations prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Act generally and for the better carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Act and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may prescribe— (a) the...