The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Rules
(1) The Chief Justice may make rules prescribing the procedure for enforcing determinations or orders of a tribunal under section…
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Regulations
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may make such regulations, and give such directions, as he may think fit for the purpose of giving effec…
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Proceedings
(1) A member of a tribunal shall be free from civil liability for anything done or said by him in his capacity as such member. (2)…
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Right of entry
The tribunal, and any person authorized by the tribunal in writing in that behalf, may, for the purpose of carrying out its duties…
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Compensation in case of frivolous or vexatious applications
If, on the dismissal of any application, the tribunal is of opinion that the application was frivolous or vexatious, the tribunal…
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Service of documents
Where under this Act any summons, notice or other document is required to be served upon any person, it shall be sufficiently serv…
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Enforcement of orders
(1) A copy of any determination or order of a tribunal, certified by the Chairperson of the tribunal, or by a public officer autho…
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Jurisdiction
In and for the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this Act, a tribunal shall have the same jurisdiction and powers in civ…
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Penalty for subjecting tenant to annoyance
A landlord and any agent or servant of a landlord who evicts a tenant without the authority of a tribunal or wilfully subjects a t…
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Subletting by tenant
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the tenant of any dwelling- house may— (a) with the consent in writing of the…
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Restriction on right to assign or sublet premises
Notwithstanding the absence of any covenant against the assigning or subletting of the premises, no tenant shall have the right to…
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Repairs
In the absence of any provision to the contrary in the contract of tenancy, for the purposes of this Act it shall be deemed to be…
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Notification of estimate of market cost of construction or market value of land
Where, for the purpose of determining the standard rent, an estimate of the cost of construction or market value has been made by…
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Conditions of statutory tenancy
(1) A tenant who, under the provisions of this Act, retains possession of any premises shall, so long as he retains possession, ob…
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Penalty for depriving tenant of service
(1) No landlord shall, except with the prior consent of the tribunal, and no person other than a landlord shall without lawful aut…
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Removal of furniture by landlord
(1) Where a landlord of any furnished premises wishes to remove the furniture or soft furnishings, or any of them, with which the…
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Rent book
(1) Every landlord of premises, other than premises the standard rent of which exceeds two thousand five hundred shillings per mon…
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Statement to be supplied as to standard rent
(1) A landlord of any premises shall, on being so requested in writing by the tribunal or the tenant of the premises, supply to th…
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Recovery of certain sums paid on account of rent
(1) Where any sum has been paid on account of any rent, being a sum which is, under the provisions of this Act, irrecoverable by t…
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Penalty for excessive charges for furnished lettings
Where any person lets, or has let, any premises at a rent which includes payment in respect of the use of furniture, the maximum r…
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Restriction on premiums
(1) No person shall, as a condition of the grant, assignment, renewal or continuance of a tenancy, lease, sublease, subletting or…
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Restriction on levy of distress for rent
No distress for the rent of any premises shall be levied except with the leave of the tribunal.
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The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296▤
Notices to quit
Where notice to quit is required to be given in respect of premises it shall be in writing, and where the required period of notic…
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Restriction on right to possession
(1) No order for the recovery of possession of any premises or for the ejectment of a tenant therefrom shall be made unless— (a) s…
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