Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Alternative dispute resolution
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Application of the Unclaimed Financial Assets Act (Cap. 494)
The provisions in the Unclaimed Financial Assets Act (Cap. 494) that require institutions to remit unclaimed assets to the Unclaim…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Rules
The Attorney-General may make rules for— (a) defining the duties of the Public Trustee; (b) defining the powers and liabilities of…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Government liability for acts of Public Trustee
(1) The Government shall be liable to make good all sums required to discharge any liability which the Public Trustee, if he were…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Other provisions regarding Public Trustee
(1) Deleted by Act No. 6 of 2018, s. 15. (2) The Public Trustee shall appoint such person or persons as he shall think fit to act…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Power to incur expenditure
The Public Trustee may, in addition to any other powers of expenditure lawfully exercisable by him, incur expenditure on such acts…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Court orders
The court may make such orders as it thinks fit respecting any trust property vested in the Public Trustee or the interest or prod…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Security not required
The Public Trustee shall not be required by any court to enter into any bond or security on his appointment in any capacity under…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Transfer of legacy, etc of minor or person suffering from mental disorder
If any person suffering from mental disorder, within the definition of that term contained in section 2 of the Mental Health Act (…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Custodian trustee
(1) Subject to any rules made under this Act, the Public Trustee may, if he consents to act as such, and whether or not the number…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Appointment of Public Trustee as trustee by court
If the property is subject to a trust other than a trust which the Public Trustee is prohibited from accepting under this Act, and…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Appointment of Public Trustee as trustee by person creating trust
(1) Any person intending to create a trust other than a trust which the Public Trustee is prohibited from accepting under this Act…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Duties of Public Trustee
(1) The Public Trustee may— (a) act as personal representative of a deceased person; (b) act as an ordinary trustee of any trust n…
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Treatment of assets received from outside Kenya
(1) Where the administration of an estate has been committed to the Public Trustee and he receives assets which at the time of the…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Power to collect, realize and hand over assets to Administrator-General
(1) Where a person dies leaving estate in Kenya consisting of movable property only and also estate in Uganda, Tanzania, or Malawi…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Court may order partition of immovable property
(1) Any person beneficially interested in any immovable property vested in the Public Trustee may apply by petition to the court f…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Priority of Public Trustee’s fees and expenses
Notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, the fees payable to the Public Trustee under this Act and any rules made thereund…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Movable property to be realised
(1) The Public Trustee may convert into money all movable property of an estate which he administers under this Act, and may with…
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Disputes to be decided on petition by the court
Where probate of the will or letters of administration has been granted to the Public Trustee under this Act or where the Public T…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Public Trustee to take charge of property on death of agent
If at any time the agent or agents in charge of any estate belonging to any person not residing in Kenya die leaving the property…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Grant to Public Trustee may be revoked and made to other person
(1) At any time after a grant of letters of administration to the Public Trustee under this Act, any person to whom the court migh…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Administration of deceased’s estate without grant
(1) Where the estate of a deceased person consists of property of an estimated gross value not exceeding three million and the dec…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Grant to Public Trustee in certain circumstances
Where the particular circumstances of any case appear to the court so to require, the court may, if it thinks fit for reasons reco…
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Public Trustee Act CAP 168▤
Consent of a missing person
Where the consent of a person is required before the appointment of the Public Trustee as an administrator or trustee and the pers…
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