High Court (Organization and Administration) Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"administrative function" in relation to the Chief Justice, Principal Judge, presiding judge or a judge means the discharge of non-judicial functions assigned under this or other law, which are necessary to facilitate the exercise of the judicial authority by the Court;"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(1) of the Constitution;"Court" means the High Court of Kenya established by Article 165 of the Constitution;"Division" means a division of the High Court established under section 11;"Principal Judge" means the Principal Judge of the High Court elected pursuant to Article 165(2) of the Constitution;"Presiding Judge" means a Judge presiding over a court station or a division appointed or designated by the Chief Justice under section 8 or 14;"registry" means the registry where all pleadings and supporting documents and all orders and decisions of the Court are recorded and maintained in accordance with the Rules and includes a sub-registry;"Registrar" means the Registrar of the High Court appointed pursuant to section 18;"subordinate courts" means the courts set out in Article 169(1) of the Constitution;"station" in relation to the Court means a station established pursuant to section 12.Source: Kenya Law