Court of Appeal (Organization and Administration) Act

2. Interpretation

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —"Chief Justice" means the Chief Justice appointed under Article 166 of the Constitution;"Chief Registrar" means the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary referred to in Article 161 of the Constitution;"Commission" means the "Judicial Service Commission established under Article 171 of the Constitution;"Court" means the Court of Appeal, established under Article 164 of the Constitution;"judge" means a judge of the Court appointed pursuant to Article 164(1)(a) and in accordance with Article 166(1)(b) and (4) of the Constitution"President of the Court " means the President of the Court elected in accordance with Article 164(2) of the Constitution;" presiding judge" means —

(a)the President of the Court;

(b)a judge chairing a session of the Court at any sitting of the Court referred to in section 9;

(c)a presiding judge referred to in section 9(1)(b);

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Court appointed in accordance with section 20;"Rules" means the Court of Appeal Rules made under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act (Cap. 9);"Station" means Station of the Court designated as such by the Chief Justice under section 6 and includes the Secretariat to the Court.

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Source: Kenya Law