Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Suit for compensation for wrong to the person or movables
Where a suit is for compensation for wrong done to the person or to movable property, if the wrong was done within the local limit…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Suit for immovable property situate within jurisdiction of different courts
Where a suit is to obtain relief respecting, or compensation for wrong to, immovable property situate within the jurisdiction of d…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Suit to be instituted where subject matter situate
Subject to the pecuniary or other limitations prescribed by any law, suits— (a) for the recovery of immovable property, with or wi…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Court in which suit to be instituted
Every suit shall be instituted in the court of the lowest grade competent to try it, except that where there are more subordinate…
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When foreign judgment not conclusive
A foreign judgment shall be conclusive as to any matter thereby directly adjudicated upon between the same parties or between part…
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Bar to further suit
Where a plaintiff is precluded by rules from instituting a further suit in respect of any particular cause of action, he shall not…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Res judicata
No court shall try any suit or issue in which the matter directly and substantially in issue has been directly and substantially i…
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Stay of suit
No court shall proceed with the trial of any suit or proceeding in which the matter in issue is also directly and substantially in…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Courts to try all civil suits unless barred
Any court shall, subject to the provisions herein contained, have jurisdiction to try all suits of a civil nature excepting suits…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Pecuniary jurisdiction
Save in so far as is otherwise expressly provided, nothing herein contained shall operate to give any court jurisdiction over suit…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Saving of inherent powers of court.
Nothing in this Act shall limit or otherwise affect the inherent power of the court to make such orders as may be necessary for th…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Saving of special jurisdiction and powers
In the absence of any specific provision to the contrary, nothing in this Act shall limit or otherwise affect any special jurisdic…
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Civil Procedure Act CAP 21▤
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Act” includes rules; “court” means the High Court or a subordinate court, act…
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Duty of Court
(1) For the purpose of furthering the overriding objective specified in section 1A, the Court shall handle all matters presented b…
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Objective of Act
(1) The overriding objective of this Act and the rules made hereunder is to facilitate the just, expeditious, proportionate and af…
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Short title and application
(1) This Act may be cited as the Civil Procedure Act. (2) This Act applies to proceedings in the High Court and, subject to the Ma…
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