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Small Claims Court Rules, 2019 🇰🇪

Kenya

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Small Claims Court Act, 2016

Legal Notice No. 145

Small Claims Court Rules, 2019

  • Published on 30 August 2019
  • Commenced on 30 August 2019
  • [This is the version of this document from 30 August 2019.]
[Amended by Small Claims Court (Amendment) Rules, 2020 (Legal Notice 205 of 2020) on 4 December 2020][Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

These Rules may be cited as the Small Claims Courts Rules.

2. Interpretation

In these Rules unless the context otherwise requires—"Adjudicator" means an adjudicator appointed under section 5 of the Act;"claimant" has the meaning assigned to it under section 2 of the Act;"creditor" means a person to whom a debtor is required to pay a sum of money which the Court finds to be due and payable to them;"Court" means the Small Claims Court established under section 4 of the Act;"debtor" means a person who owes a creditor a sum of money which the Court finds to be due and payab…

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