Order 5, rule 20 of Civil Procedure Rules : Duty on person to whom the summons is sent
(1) Where a summons is delivered or sent to any person for service under rule 18 or rule 19, such person shall be bound to serve it, if possible, and to return it under his signature with a written acknowledgment of the defendant, and such signature shall be deemed to be evidence of service.
(2) Where from any cause service is impossible, the summons shall be returned to the court with a full statement of such cause and of the steps taken to procure service, and such statement shall be deemed to be evidence of non-service.
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Service out of Kenya of a summons or notice of a summons may be allowed by the court whenever—
(a) the whole subject-matter of the suit is immovable property situate in Kenya (with or without rents...
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(1) Service out of Kenya of the following process or of notice thereof may be allowed by the court by—
(a) an originating summons, originating notice of motion, petition, or other
originating...
- Order 5, rule 23 - Service under contract
Without prejudice to the other rules in this Order, where—
(a) leave to serve a summons or notice of a summons or other process has been allowed under rule 21 or 22; and
(b) the contract provides...
- Order 5, rule 24 - Probate and marriage suits
In probate, Mohammedan or Hindu marriage, divorce and succession suits, service of a summons or notice of a summons may by leave of the court be allowed out of Kenya.
- Order 5, rule 25 - Application to be supported by evidence
Every application for leave to serve such summons or notice on a defendant out of Kenya shall be supported by affidavit or other evidence, stating that in the belief of the deponent the plaintiff has...
- Order 5, rule 26 - Order to fix time for entering appearance
Any order giving leave to effect such service or give such notice shall limit a time after such service or notice within which such defendant is to enter an appearance; such time to depend on the...
- Order 5, rule 27 - Service where defendant resides out of Kenya
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- Order 5, rule 28 - Notice in lieu of summons
(1) Where the defendant is neither a Commonwealth citizen as aforesaid nor resides in any of the countries referred to in rule 27, notice of the summons and not the summons itself shall be served upon...
- Order 5, rule 29 - Service of notice of summons in a foreign country
Where leave is given to serve notice of summons in a foreign country to which this rule may by order of the Chief Justice from time to time be applied, the following procedure shall be adopted—...
- Order 5, rule 30 - Extension of procedure to any order or notice
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- Order 5, rule 31 - Application to Government
Rules 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 shall apply in the case of civil proceedings by the Government but shall not apply in the case of civil proceedings against the Government.
- Order 5, rule 32 - Procedure
Where in any civil or commercial matter pending before a court or tribunal of a foreign country a letter of request from such court or tribunal for service on any person in Kenya of any process or...
- Order 5, rule 33 - General powers of the court
Upon the application of the Attorney-General the court may make all such orders for substituted service or otherwise as may be necessary to give effect to rule 32.
- Order 5, rule 34 - Request for service from foreign country
Where in any civil or commercial matter pending before a court or tribunal in any foreign country with which a Convention in that behalf has been or shall be made and applied to Kenya, a request for...
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Where a defendant has been served with summons to appear, he shall unless some order be made by the court, file his appearance within the time prescribed in the summons.
- Order 6, rule 2 - Mode of appearance
(1) Appearance shall be effected by delivering or sending by post to the proper officer a memorandum of appearance in triplicate in Form No. 12 Appendix A with such variation as the circumstances...
- Order 6, rule 3 - Defendant’s address for service
(1) The advocates of the defendant shall state in the memorandum of appearance the addresses for service being the place of business within Kenya and postal address.
(2) A defendant appearing in...
- Order 6, rule 4 - Irregular memorandum, address fictitious
If the memorandum of appearance does not contain an address for service within Kenya it shall not be filed; and if any address given is illusory or fictitious the appearance may be set aside on the...
- Order 6, rule 5 - Defendants appearing by same advocate
If two or more defendants appear in the same suit by the same advocate and at the same time, the names of all the defendants so appearing shall be inserted in the same memorandum of appearance.
- Order 6, rule 6 - Delivery of documents to address for service
(1) Documents may either be delivered by hand or by licensed courier service provider approved by the court to the address for service or may be posted to it.
(2) Where delivery is disputed a...
- Order 7, rule 1 - Defence
Where a defendant has been served with a summons to appear he shall, unless some other or further order be made by the court, file his defence within fourteen days after he has entered an appearance...
- Order 7, rule 2 - Defence of tender
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- Order 7, rule 3 - Set-off and counterclaim
A defendant in a suit may set-off, or set-up by way of counterclaim against the claims of the plaintiff, any right or claim, whether such set-off or counterclaim sound in damages or not, and whether...
- Order 7, rule 4 - Set-off or counterclaim in proceedings by Government
Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 2, a person shall not be entitled to avail himself of any set-off or counterclaim in any proceedings by the Government for the recovery of taxes, duties or...
- Order 7, rule 5 - Documents to accompany defence or counterclaim
The defence and counterclaim filed under rule 1 and 2 shall be accompanied by—
(a) an affidavit under Order 4 rule 1(2) where there is a counterclaim;
(b) a list of witnesses to be called at the...
- Order 7, rule 6 - Persons in representative capacity
If either party wishes to deny the right of any other party to claim as executor or as trustee whether in bankruptcy or otherwise, or in any representative or other alleged capacity or the alleged...
- Order 7, rule 7 - Pleading a counterclaim
Where any defendant seeks to rely upon any grounds as supporting a right of counterclaim, he shall, in his statement of defence, state specifically that he does so by way of counterclaim.
- Order 7, rule 8 - Title of counterclaim
Where a defendant by his defence sets up any counterclaim which raises questions between himself and the plaintiff, together with any other person or persons, he shall add to the title of his defence...
- Order 7, rule 9 - Claim against person not party
Where any such person as is mentioned in rule 8 is not a party to the suit, he shall be summoned to appear by being served with a copy of the defence, which shall be served in accordance with the...
- Order 7, rule 10 - Appearance by added parties
Any person not already a party to the suit who is served with a defence and counterclaim as aforesaid must appear thereto as if he had been served with a summons to appear in the suit.
- Order 7, rule 11 - Reply to counterclaim
Any person named in a defence as a party to a counterclaim thereby made may, unless some other or further order is made by the court, deliver a reply within fifteen days after service upon him of the...
- Order 7, rule 12 - Exclusion of counterclaim
Where a defendant sets up a counterclaim, if the plaintiff or any other person named in the manner aforesaid as party to such counterclaim contends that the claim thereby raised ought not to be...
- Order 7, rule 13 - Discontinuance, stay or dismissal of suit
If, in any case in which the defendant sets up a counterclaim the suit of the plaintiff is stayed, discontinued or dismissed, the counterclaim may nevertheless be proceeded with.
- Order 7, rule 14 - Judgment for balance
Where in any suit a set-off or counterclaim is established as a defence against the plaintiff’s claim, the court may, if the balance is in favour of the defendant, give judgment for the defendant for...
- Order 7, rule 15 - Defence or set-off founded on separate grounds
Where the defendant relies upon several distinct grounds of defence or set-off founded upon separate and distinct facts, they shall be stated, as far as practicable, separately and distinctly.
- Order 7, rule 16 - New ground of defence
(1) Any ground of defence which has arisen after action brought, but before the defendant has delivered his defence and before the time limited for his doing so has expired, may be raised by the...
- Order 7, rule 17 - Subsequent pleadings
(1) A plaintiff shall be entitled to file a reply within fourteen days after the defence or the last of the defences has been served on to him, unless the time is extended.
(2) No pleading...
- Order 7, rule 18 - Filing subsequent pleadings
(1) Subject to rule 8 all pleadings (including amended pleadings) subsequent to the plaint shall be filed in duplicate.
(2) The court may return the duplicate to an advocate who shall deliver it to...
- Order 7, rule 19 - Register of documents
(1) A register of documents shall be kept at every registry in which the following particulars in respect of each such document shall be entered, namely—
(a) the number of the document;
(b) the...
- Order 7, rule 20 - Service of documents
Documents under this order shall be served in the manner prescribed under Order 5 of these Rules.
- Order 8, rule 1 - Amendment of pleading without leave
(1) A party may, without the leave of the court, amend any of his pleadings once at any time before the pleadings are closed.
(2) Where an amended plaint is served on a defendant—
(a) if he has...
- Order 8, rule 2 - Application for disallowance of amendment
(1) Within fourteen days after the service on a party of a pleading amended under rule 1(1), that party may apply to the court to disallow the amendment.
(2) When the court hearing an application...
- Order 8, rule 3 - Amendment of pleading with leave
(1) Subject to Order 1, rules 9 and 10, Order 24, rules 3, 4, 5 and 6 and the following provisions of this rule, the court may at any stage of the proceedings, on such terms as to costs or otherwise...
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Rule 3 shall have effect in relation to an originating summons, a petition and an originating notice of motion as it has effect in relation to a plaint.
- Order 8, rule 5 - General power to amend
(1) For the purpose of determining the real question in controversy between the parties, or of correcting any defect or error in any proceedings, the court may either of its own motion or on the...
- Order 8, rule 6 - Failure to amend after order
Where the court has made an order giving any party leave to amend, unless that party amends within the period specified or, if no period is specified, within fourteen days, the order shall cease to...
- Order 8, rule 7 - Mode of amendment
(1) Every pleading and other documents amended under this Order shall be endorsed with the date of the amendment and either the date of the order allowing the amendment or, if no order has been made,...
- Order 8, rule 8 - Procedure
The court may hear and determine an oral application made under this Order.
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Any application to or appearance or act in any court required or authorized by the law to be made or done by a party in such court may, except where otherwise expressly provided by any law for the...
- Order 9, rule 2 - Recognized agents
The recognized agents of parties by whom such appearances, applications and acts may be made or done are—
(a) subject to approval by the court in any particular suit persons holding
powers of...