Advocates Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"advocate" means any person whose name is duly entered upon the Roll of Advocates or upon the Roll of Advocates having the rank of Senior Counsel and, for the purposes of Part IX, includes any person mentioned in section 10;"annual licence" deleted by Act No. 9 of 2000, s. 56;"client" includes any person who, as a principal or on behalf of another, or as a trustee or personal representative, or in any other capacity, has power, express or implied, to retain or employ, and retains or employs, or is about to retain or employ an advocate and any person who is or may be liable to pay to an advocate any costs;"contentious business" means any business done by an advocate in any court, civil or military, or relating to proceedings instituted or intended to be instituted in any such court, or any statutory tribunal or before any arbitrator or panel of arbitrators;"costs" includes fees, charges, disbursements, expenses and remuneration;"Court" means the High Court;"Disciplinary Tribunal" means the Disciplinary Tribunal established under section 57;"non-contentious business" means any business done by an advocate other than contentious business;"practising certificate" means a certificate issued under section 21;"Registrar" means the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary;"Roll" means, as the case may require, the Roll of Advocates kept under section 16 or the Roll of Advocates having the rank of Senior Counsel under this Act;"Senior Counsel" means an advocate upon whom the President has conferred the rank of Senior Counsel;"the Council of Legal Education" means the Council of Legal Education established by section 4 of the Council of Legal Education Act (Cap. 16B);"the Council of the Society" means the Council of the Society elected under section 17 of the Law Society of Kenya Act (Cap. 18);"the Society" means the Law Society of Kenya established by section 3 of the Law Society of Kenya Act (Cap. 18);"unqualified person" means a person who is not qualified under section 9 and includes an advocate who—(a)is not qualified under section 9;(b)is not exempt under section 10; and(c)fails to take out a practising certificate.[Act No. 7 of 1990, Sch., Act No. 12 of 1995, s. 21, Act No. 9 of 2000, s. 56, Act No. 12 of 2012, Sch., Act No. 11 of 2017, Sch, Act No. 3 of 2024, Sch.]Source: Kenya Law