Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Power to enforce private mediation agreements
All agreements entered into with the assistance of qualified mediators shall be in writing and may be registered and enforced by t…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Other alternative dispute resolution methods
(1) A suit may be referred to any other method of dispute resolution where the parties agree or the Court considers the case suita…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Reference of cases to mediation
(1) The Court may— (a) on the request of the parties concerned; or (b) where it deems it appropriate to do so, or (c) where the la…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Establishment of Mediation Accreditation Committee
(1) There shall be a Mediation Accreditation Committee which shall be appointed by the Chief Justice. (2) The Mediation Accreditat…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Arbitration
All references to arbitration by an order in a suit, and all proceedings thereunder, shall be governed in such manner as may be pr…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
When interpleader suit may be instituted
Where two or more persons claim adversely to one another the same debt, sum of money or other property, movable or immovable, from…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
When foreign state may sue
(1) A foreign state may sue in any court of Kenya, provided that state has been recognized by Kenya, and provided the object of th…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
When alien may sue
(1) Alien enemies residing in Kenya with the permission of the President, and alien friends, may sue in the courts of Kenya. (2) N…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Commission issued by foreign court
Commissions issued by foreign courts for the examination of persons in Kenya shall be executed and returned in such manner as may…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Letter of request
In lieu of issuing a commission, the High Court or a subordinate court with the sanction of the High Court may issue a letter of r…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Commission to another court
(1) A commission for the examination of any person may be issued by the High Court to any subordinate court or to any advocate, an…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Power of court to issue commission
Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, the court may issue a commission— (a) to examine any person; (b)…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Resistance to execution
Where the court is satisfied that the holder of a decree for the possession of immovable property, or that the purchaser of immova…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Distribution of assets
(1) Where assets are held by any court and more persons than one have before the receipt of such assets by such court lodged appli…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Suit against purchaser not maintainable on ground of purchase being on behalf of plaintiff
(1) No suit shall be maintained against any person claiming title under a purchase certified by the court in such manner as may be…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Purchaser’s title
Where immovable property is sold in execution of a decree and the sale has become absolute, the property shall be deemed to have v…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Private alienation of property after attachment to be void
Where an attachment has been made, any private transfer or delivery of the property attached or of any interest therein, and any p…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Property attached in execution of decrees of several courts
(1) Where property not in the custody of a court is under attachment in execution of decrees of more courts than one, the court wh…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Seizure of property in dwelling-house
(1) No person in executing any process under this Act directing or authorizing seizure of movable property shall enter any dwellin…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Property liable to attachment and sale in execution of a decree
(1) All property belonging to a judgment debtor, including property over which or over the profits of which he has a disposing pow…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Release on ground of illness
(1) At any time after a warrant for the arrest of a judgment-debtor has been issued, the court may cancel it on the ground of his…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Detention and release
(1) Every person detained in prison in execution of a decree shall be so detained— (a) where the decree is for the payment of a su…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Subsistence allowances
The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, fix scales of monthly allowances payable for the subsistence of a judgment-debtor.
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Arrest and detention
(1) A judgment-debtor may be arrested in execution of a decree at any hour and on any day, and shall as soon as practicable be bro…
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