THE LAW OF SUCCESSION

"Most people consider the proper distribution of their property on death a vitally important matter. For those who are elderly, ill or engaged in risky occupations, it is often urgent to get such things settled fast. But some people may ...

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LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT, PART 6

SECOND SCHEDULE [Section 23.] FAILURE OF TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITIONS By Lapse Principle of lapse Save as is provided in this Schedule no gift or disposition shall confer any benefit on any person who predeceases the testator, and where a gift or ...

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LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT, PART 5

PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS Sane murderer not to share in victim’s estate Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a person who, while sane, murders another person shall not be entitled directly or indirectly to any share in the estate ...

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LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT, PART 4

PART VI - SURVIVORSHIP Presumption of survivorship Where two more persons have died in circumstances rendering it uncertain which of them survived the other or others, the deaths shall, for all purposes of this Act, be presumed to have occurred ...

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LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT, PART 3

PART III - PROVISIONS FOR DEPENDANTS Provisions for dependants not adequately provided for by will or on intestacy Where a person dies after the commencement of this Act, and so far as succession to his property is governed by the ...

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LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT, PART 2

PART II - WILLS Capacity Persons capable of making wills and freedom of testation Subject to the provisions of this Part and Part III, every person who is of sound mind and not a minor may dispose of all or ...

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LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT, PART 1

LAWS OF KENYA CHAPTER 160 Revised Edition 2012 [2010] Published by the National Council for Law Reporting with the Authority of the Attorney-General CHAPTER 160 LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I - PRELIMINARY Section Short title. Application ...

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FACTORS OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE

Judicial independence: judicial independence is the concept that judiciary should be or needs to keep away from the other branches of the government.i.e courts should not be have influence on the other branches of the government. Judicial independence most important ...

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF JUDICIAL TENURE

Are judges appointed for life time or until retirement age? Are grounds for removal established by law? It is a fundamental principle of judicial independence that judges' tenure, security, adequate remuneration, conditions of service, pensions and age of retirement should ...

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