High Court (Organization and Administration) Act

13. Transfer and deployment of judges

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

13. Transfer and deployment of judges

(1)The Chief Justice may, whenever it is necessary for purposes of promoting effective, prompt and efficient discharge of judicial service—

(a)transfer a judge from one station to another; or

(b)deploy a judge from one division to another.

(2)For the purpose of effective hand-over, a judge shall report at the new duty station within three months from the date on which he or she was notified of the transfer.

(3)The Chief Justice shall take into account the expertise and legal specialization in the deployment of judges under subsection (1)(b).

(4)The Chief Justice may assign special duties to any judge for the purposes of exercising judicial authority.

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Source: Kenya Law