ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Auctioneers Act
2. Interpretation
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
2. Interpretation
(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"advocate" has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Advocates Act (Cap. 16);"auctioneer" means a person licensed under section 10;"Board" means the Auctioneers Licensing Board established by section 3;"Council of the Law Society" means the Council of the Law Society of Kenya elected under section 13 of Law Society of Kenya Act (Cap. 18);"court" means any court of competent jurisdiction;"licence" means a licence issued under this Act;"licensed auctioneer" means an auctioneer licensed under this Act.(2)Subject to subsection (3), any person who—(a)attaches for sale any movable or immovable property in execution of a court order made pursuant to the provisions of any written law or contract;(b)sells or offers for sale any movable or immovable property or any interest therein by auction or by any other mode of sale by competition;(c)levies distress for rent or distrains under the provisions of any written law;(d)carries out evictions under an order of a court;(e)repossesses goods from any person pursuant to the provisions of any written law or contract,shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to carry on the business of an auctioneer.(3)The provisions of this Act shall not apply to an auction sale under the Tea Act (Cap. 343) or the Crops Act (Cap. 318)