Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Cessation of application of Married Women Property Act
The Married Women Property Act shall cease to extend to or apply in Kenya.
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Provisions on delegated powers
(1) The Rules committee established under the Civil Procedure Act (Cap. 21) shall make rules to regulate any matter of practice or…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Action for declaration of rights to property
(1) A person may apply to a court for a declaration of rights to any property that is contested between that person and a spouse o…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
No liability for antecedent debts of a spouse
A spouse is not liable, solely by reason of marriage, for any personal debt contracted by the other spouse prior to their marriage…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Gifts between spouses
Where a spouse gives any property to the other spouse as a gift during the subsistence of the marriage, there shall be a rebuttabl…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Presumptions as to property acquired during marriage
Where matrimonial property is acquired during marriage— (a) in the name of one spouse, there shall be a rebuttable presumption tha…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Separate property of spouses
Subject to this Act and any agreement between the spouses before the marriage, marriage does not affect the ownership of property…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Special provisions relating to matrimonial property
(1) An estate or interest in any matrimonial property shall not, during the subsistence of a monogamous marriage and without the c…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Consideration of customary law principles
During the division of matrimonial property between and among spouses, the customary law of the communities in question shall, sub…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Spousal liability
(1) Any liability incurred by a spouse before the marriage and relating to the property shall, after marriage, remain the liabilit…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Acquisition of interest in property by contribution
Where one spouse acquires property before or during the marriage and the property acquired during the marriage does not become mat…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Property rights in polygamous marriages
(1) If the parties in a polygamous marriage divorce or a polygamous marriage is otherwise dissolved, the— (a) matrimonial property…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Ownership of matrimonial property
Subject to section 6(3), ownership of matrimonial property vests in the spouses according to the contribution of either spouse tow…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Meaning of matrimonial property
(1) For the purposes of this Act, matrimonial property means— (a) the matrimonial home or homes; (b) household goods and effects i…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Rights and liabilities of a person
Subject to section 6, the interest of any person in any immovable or movable property acquired or inherited before marriage shall…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Equal status of spouses
Despite any other law, a married woman has the same rights as a married man— (a) to acquire, administer, hold, control, use and di…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Application of Islamic law
A person who professes the Islamic faith may be governed by Islamic law in all matters relating to matrimonial property.
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "contribution" means monetary and non-monetary contribution and includes— (a)…
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Matrimonial Property Act CAP 152▤
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Property Act.
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