ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Land Act
51. Effect of transmission on death
Edition: 2025-11-04 · In force
51. Effect of transmission on death
(1)Subject to any restriction on a person’s power of disposing of any land, lease or charge contained in an appointment, the personal representative or the person beneficially entitled on the death of the deceased proprietor, as the case may be, shall hold the land, lease or charge subject to any liabilities, rights or interests that are unregistered but are nevertheless enforceable and subject to which the deceased proprietor held the same, but for the purpose of any dealing the person shall be deemed to have been registered as proprietor thereof with all the rights conferred by this Act on a proprietor who has acquired land, a lease or a charge, as the case may be, for valuable consideration.(2)The registration of any person as aforesaid shall relate back to and take effect from the date of the death of the proprietor.