ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Supreme Court Act
25. Judgement of the Court
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
25. Judgement of the Court
(1)The judgement of the Supreme Court shall be in accordance with the opinion of a majority of the Judges hearing the proceeding concerned.(2)If the judges are equally divided in opinion, the decision appealed from or under review shall be considered as having been affirmed.(3)Where a judge presiding over a matter is not able to deliver a judgement on account of death, suspension, removal from office, retirement or infirmity, which occasions a lack of prescribed quorum in the Court, the Chief Justice may substitute such judge.(4)The incoming judge, in terms of subsection (3), shall rely on submissions and proceedings on record, as a basis for delivering judgement.