1. Interpretation
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context "Administrator General" includes a deputy and an assistant Administrator General;
"agent" means an agent of the Administrator General duly appointed under section 2(4) ;
"assets" or "property" means all property movable and immovable of a deceased person which is chargeable with and applicable to the payment of the deceased person's debts and legacies or available for distribution among persons who are by law entitled to share the estate of a deceased person and includes books, papers and documents;
"court" means the High Court, or any court subordinate to it to which jurisdiction has, or hereafter may have, been given;
"currency point" has the value assigned to it in the Schedule to this Act;
"immovable property" includes land, incorporeal tenements and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth;
"letters of administration" includes any letters of administration, whether general or with a copy of the will annexed or limited in time or otherwise, and also includes probate in favour of the Administrator General;
"movable property" means property of every description except immovable property;
"taxing officer" means the Registrar of the High Court or an officer duly appointed to act for the Registrar.
Section analysis Source linked
This section supplies the definitions or statutory meaning governing “Interpretation”.
“In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context "Administrator General" includes a deputy and an assistant Administrator General;”
Use this definition when interpreting other provisions that employ the language addressed by “Interpretation”.
Operative requirements extracted from the consolidated text.
- "agent" means an agent of the Administrator General duly appointed under section 2(4);
- "assets" or "property" means all property movable and immovable of a deceased person which is chargeable with and applicable to the payment of the deceased person's debts and legacies or available for distribution among persons who are by law entitled to share the estate of a deceased person and includes books, papers and documents;
- "court" means the High Court, or any court subordinate to it to which jurisdiction has, or hereafter may have, been given;
- "currency point" has the value assigned to it in the Schedule to this Act;
- "immovable property" includes land, incorporeal tenements and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth;
- "letters of administration" includes any letters of administration, whether general or with a copy of the will annexed or limited in time or otherwise, and also includes probate in favour of the Administrator General;
- "movable property" means property of every description except immovable property;
- "taxing officer" means the Registrar of the High Court or an officer duly appointed to act for the Registrar.
Express propositions in source-matched passages from judgments citing this section.
No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.
No section-specific amendment note or instrument-level amendment history appears in this consolidation.