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Rent Restriction Act, 1959 🇰🇪

Kenya

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Rent Restriction Act, 1959

Act 35 of 1959

  • Assented to on 24 August 1959
  • Commenced on 1 October 1959
  • [This is the version of this document from 1 October 1959.]
An Act of Parliament to make provision for restricting the increase of rent, the right to possession and the exaction of premiums, and for fixing standard rents, in relation to dwelling-houses, and for other purposes incidental to or connected with the relationship of landlord and tenant of a dwelling- house

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Rent Restriction Act.

2. Application

(1)This Act shall apply to all dwelling-houses, other than—
(a)excepted dwelling-houses;
(b)dwelling-house let on service tenancies;
(c)dwelling-houses which have a standard rent exceeding two thousand five hundred shillings per month, furnished or unfurnished.
(2)Where a dwelling-house is let on a composite tenancy each dwelling-house in the composite tenancy shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as though it were let on a separate…

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