ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Civil Procedure Rules
4. Statements and affidavits [Order 53, rule 4]
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
4. Statements and affidavits [Order 53, rule 4]
(1)Copies of the statement accompanying the application for leave shall be served with the notice of motion, and copies of any affidavits accompanying the application for leave shall be supplied on demand and no grounds shall, subject as hereafter in this rule provided, be relied upon or any relief sought at the hearing of the motion except the grounds and relief set out in the said statement.(2)The High Court may on the hearing of the motion allow the said statement to be amended, and may allow further affidavits to be used if they deal with new matter arising out of the affidavits of any other party to the application, and where the applicant intends to ask to be allowed to amend his statement or use further affidavits, he shall give notice of his intention and of any proposed amendment of his statement, and shall supply on demand copies of any such further affidavits.(3)Every party to the proceedings shall supply to any other party, on demand, copies of the affidavits which he proposes to use at the hearing.