THE COMMUNITY LAND ACT No. 27 of 2016
Date of Assent: 3lst August,2016
Date of Commencement : 2 I st September, 201 6
THE COMMUNITY LAND ACT No. 27 of 2016
Date of Assent: 3lst August,2016
Date of Commencement : 2 I st September, 201 6
THE MINING ACT No. 12 of 2016
Date of Assent: 6th May, 2016
Date of Commencement: 27th May, 2016
THE FOREST CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT, 2016 No. 34 of 2016
Date of Assent: 31st August, 2016
Date of Commencement: By Notice
COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ACT NO. 17 OF 2012
Date of assent: 24th July, 2012.
Date of commencement: See Section 1.
An Act of Parliament to give effect to Chapter Eleven of the Constitution; to provide for county governments' powers, functions and responsibilities to deliver services and for connected purpose
This Act provides rules for physical planning in Kenya, establishes Physical Planning Liaison Committees, provides for the appointment of the Director of Physical Planning, requires regional and local authorities to adopt Physical Development Plans in accordance with this Act and provides for control of development and subdivision of land.The Director shall, among other things: (a) formulate development policies, guidelines and strategies; (b) advise the Commissioner of Lands on matters concerning alienation of land under the Government Lands Act and the Trust Land Act; and (c) advise the C
This Act makes minor amendments to various enactments including: Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Para-professionals Act, 2011, the National Land Commission Act, 2012, Kenya Ports Authority Act, 1978, the Leadership and Integrity Act, 2012, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2011 and the Tourism Act.
This Act makes provision for a wide variety of matters regarding public and private land and community land (as defined respectively by Articles 62, 63, 64 and 260 of the Constitution), and in particular provides of the sustainable administration and management of land and land-based resources. It also provides for (compulsory) acquisition of land.
This Act seeks to accelerate the growth and development of agriculture, enhance productivity and incomes of farmers and the rural population, improve investment climate and efficiency of agribusiness and develop agricultural crops as export crops.
This Act makes provision for the administration of Trust land as defined by section 114 of the Constitution of Kenya, the setting apart of an area of Trust land for use and occupation for specified purposes, the use of Trust land and for other related purposes.
This Act provides for matters of succession to and protection and administration of property of a deceased person. Succession to rights can be intestate or on the basis of a will. The Act also sets out rules for the construction of wills.Except so far as expressly authorized by this Act, or by any other written law, or by a grant of representation under this Act, no person shall, for any purpose, take possession or dispose of, or otherwise intermeddle with, any free property of a deceased person.
Implemented by: Probate and Administration Rules (Cap. 160). (2012-12-31)
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