Documents étatiques – Kenya

  • Native Courts Regulations, 1897

Civil Procedure Act (Cap. 21), 31 January 1924

Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75), 1 August 1930

Chiefs’ Act (Cap. 128), 24 March 1937

  • Mining Act (Cap. 306), 1 October 1940 ; date of consolidation/reprint 1 January 2006 (repealed by Mining Act, 2016 (No. 12 of 2016), 6 May 2016

Trust Land Act, 1943 /réd. 1968

Land Titles Rules (Cap. 159), 1948

Armed Forces (Out of Bounds Areas) Act (Cap. 202), 20 April 1948

Local Authorities (Recovery of Possession of Property) Act (Cap 273), 7 April 1951 (Rev. 2012)

  • The African Courts Ordinance (No. 65 of 1951).
  • Interpretation and General Provisions Act, 1956

Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap. 244), 11 May 1957 (2002)

Land Utilization and Settlement Rules, 1962 (Cap 318)

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Cap. 360), 31 December 1962 (2012)

Land Consolidation Act (Cap 283), Act No. 25 of 1963, Revised Edition 2012

Registered Land Rules (Cap 300), Revised Edition 2012

  • Local Government Act (Cap. 265), 30 April 1963 ; date of consolidation/reprint 1 January 2006

Bretton Woods Agreements Act (Cap. 464), 4 December 1963

African Development Bank Act (Cap. 492), 14 March 1964

Animal Diseases Act (Cap. 364), 13 April 1965 (2012)

Agricultural Development Corporation Act (Cap. 444), 21 April 1965

Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act (Cap. 254), 11 May 1965 (Revised Edition 2002)

The Agriculture (Basic Land Usage) Rules, L.N. 26/1965

Landlord and Tenant (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishments) (Tribunal) (Forms and Procedure) Regulations (Cap 301), 1966

  • Judicature Act, Chapter 8, 4th July 1967, Revised Edition 2012 [2010] – An Act of Parliament to make provision concerning the jurisdiction of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and subordinate courts, and to make additional provision concerning the High Court, the Court of Appeal and subordinate courts and the judges and officers of courts [Act No. 16 of 1967, Act No. 8 of 1968, Act No. 4 of 1975, Act No. 6 of 1976, Act No. 14 of 1977, Act No. 6 of 1979, L.N. 162/1980, Act No. 12 of 1981, Act No. 19 of 1982, Act No. 10 of 1983, Act No. 19 of 1984, L.N. 65/1984, L.N. 275/1990, Act No. 10 of 1997, Act No. 7 of 2007, Act No. 10A of 2012.]
  • Land Control Act (Cap 302), 11 December 1967

Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs Act (Cap. 345), 24 August 1967 (2007)

  • Land (Group Representatives) Act, 1968 / réd. 2010; abrogé en 2016 par le Community Lands Act
  • Land Control Regulations, 1968 / réd. 2012
  • Registered Land (Registration of Maximum Number of Proprietors) Rules, 1968 / réd.2006

Agricultural Finance Corporation Act (Cap. 323), 18 March 1969

Land Adjudication Regulations 1970 (Cap 284)

Seeds and Plant Varieties Act 1972 (Cap. 326) (modified in 2002)

  • Local Government Act 1972

Accountants Act (No. 2 of 1977) repealed by Accountants Act (No. 15 of 2008)

Appellate Jurisdiction Act (Cap. 9), 25 October 1977

  • Associated Gas Re-injection (Continued Flaring of Gas) Regulations (1984) Cap. (A25)

Land Consolidation (Fees)Regulations, 1989

Maritime Zones Act, 1989 (Cap. 371), 22 August 1989

Banking Act (Cap. 488), 13 September 1989

Capital Markets Act, 1989 (No. 17 of 1989), 13 December 1989

Coast Development Authority Act (Cap. 449), 18 January 1990

Fisheries (General) Regulations (Cap. 378), 1991 (5 May 2010)

Land Disputes Tribunals (Forms and Procedure) Rules, 1993 (Cap 303A)

Arbitration Act, 1995 (No. 4 of 1995), 10 August 1995

Co-operative Societies Act (No. 12 of 1997), 22 December 1997

Co-operative Societies Act, 1 June 1998 (2008)

Community Service Orders Act (No. 10 of 1998), 31 December 1998

Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999 (Cap. 387), 6 January 2000 (2009)

The Children Act, 2001 (No. 8 of 2001), 31 December 2001

Land Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2001 (L N No 180 of 2001), 14 December 2001

Water Act of Kenya Act No. 8 of 2002

Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act (No. 3 of 2003), 30 April 2003

Cour industrielle, 6 décembre 2004, cas n° 79/2002

  • Environmental (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations, Legal Notice No. 101 of 2003
  • National Environment Tribunal Rules, Legal Notice No. 191 2003
  • Associated Gas Re-injection Act (2004) Cap. (A25)
  • Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment) Act (2004) Cap. (N86)

Land Control (Minimum Acreage) Regulations, 2005 (L N No 64 of 2005), 2 June 2005

Registered Land (Amendment) Rules (L N No 147 of 2005), 2 September 2005

Registered Land (Amendment) Rules (L N No 148 of 2005), 2 September 2005

Registered Land (Amendment) Rules (L N No 149 of 2005), 2 September 2005

Registered Land (Amendment) Rules (L N No 150 of 2005), 2 September 2005

Registered Land (Amendment) Rules (L N No 151 of 2005), 2 September 2005

Registered Land (Amendment) Rules (L N No 152 of 2005), 2 September 2005

The environmental management and co-ordination act (No. 8 of 1999) environmental management and co- ordination (conservation of biological diversity and resources, access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing) regulations, 2006

Kenya Maritime Authority Act (Cap. 370), 23 August 2006 (2007)

  • Refugees Act,No. 13 of 2006, 30 December 2006, 17 Laws of Kenya Cap. 173 (rev. ed. 2014)

  • International Crimes Act 2008

Land Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 (L N No 49 of 2008), 2 May 2008

Registered Land (Amendment) Rules, 2008 (L N No 55 of 2008), 2 May 2008

Anti-Counterfeit Act (No. 13 of 2008), 24 December 2008


Biosafety Act, 2009 (No. 2 of 2009), 12 February 2009

  • Kenya, Refugees (Reception, Registration and Adjudication) Regulations, 2009, 27 February 2009

National Museums and Heritage (Exploration Licences and Export Permits) Rules, 2009 (Legal Notice No. 110 of 2009), 4 May 2009

Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 389), 28 May 2009 (2012)


The Constitution of Kenya, 2010

Land Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 (L N No 3 of 2010), 14 January 2010

Lands (Consents) (Fees) (Amendment) Rules (L N No 10 of 2010), 14 January 2010

Land Disputes Tribunals (Forms and Procedure) (Amendment) Rules, 2010 (L N No 4 of 2010),

Land Acquisition (Compensation Tribunal) Rules, 2010 (L N No 31 of 2010), 13 February 2010

Guide for Mainstreaming Gender in the Agricultural Sector, 1 March 2010

Counter-Trafficking in Persons Act, 2010 (No. 8 of 2010), 13 September 2010

Competition Act, 2010 (No. 12 of 2010), 30 December 2010


Environment and Land Court Act, 2011 (Cap. 12A)

Land Titles (Amendment) Rules, 2011 (L N No 125 of 2011), 10 August 2011

National Gender and Equality Commission Act, 2011, 27 August 2011 (2012)

Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Act, 2011, 30 August 2011

  • The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act, 2011, Act No. 11 of 2011, 30 August 2011

Registered Land (Amendment) Rules, 2011 (L N No 123 of 2011), 16 September 2011


Occupiers’ Liability Act (Cap 34), Revised Edition 2012 (1980)

Registered Land (Registration of Maximum Number of Proprietors) Rules (Cap 300), Revised Edition 2012

  • National Land Commission Act, 2012 (No. 5 of 2012), 27 April 2012

The National Land Commission Act (No. 5 of 2012), 27 April 2012, Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 36 (acts No. 5), 2 May 2012, p. 187

Declaration of Likia Extension Forest (L.N. 68 of 2012), 6 June 2012

Declaration of Amara Forest (L.N. 69 of 2012), 6 June 2012

County Governments Act, 2012 (No. 17 of 2012), 24 July 2012

Forests (Fees and Charges) Rules, 2012 (L.N. 104 of 2012), 22 August 2012

Consumer Protection Act, 2012 (No. 46 of 2012), 13 December 2012

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service Act, 2012 (No. 54 of 2012), 31 December 2012


  • The Prevention, Protection and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons and Affected Communities Act, 2012 (Act No. 56 of 2012), 4 January 2013

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act, 2013 (No. 13 of 2013), 14 January 2013

Basic Education Act, 2013 (No. 14 of 2013), 14 January 2013

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Act, 2013 (No. 17 of 2013), 14 January 2013

Tribunal industriel du Kenya, Universities Academic Staff Union c. Maseno University, 18 septembre 2013, affaire n° 814’N’ de 2009

Tribunal du travail, Veronica Muthio Kioka c. Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 8 novembre 2013, affaire n° 1161 de 2010

Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, 2013 (No. 47 of 2013), 24 December 2013


Tribunal du travail du Kenya, Phelesia Olukunga c. The Board of Trustees Association for Better Land Husbandry et Rodney Jim Keneally, 28 février 2014, affaire n° 927

Meru County Grants (Administration) Regulations, 2014 (L.N. No. 1 of 2014), 21 June 2014

Trans Nzoia County Youth and Women Development Fund Act (No. 2 of 2014), 4 June 2014

Land Registration (Forms) Regulations, 2014 (L N No 104 of 2014), 28 July 2014

Land Registration (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 (L N No 112 of 2014), 18 August 2014

Land Registration (Forms) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations, 2014 (L N No 116 of 2014), 22 August 2014

Land Registration (Forms) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations, 2014 (L N No 156 of 2014), 6 November 2014

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2014 (No. 18 of 2014), 20 November 2014

Marsabit County Emergency Fund Act, 2014 (No. 1 of 2014), 10 December 2014

  • The Security Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014, December 2014

Environmental Management and Co-ordination (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 5 of 2015), 27 May 2015

Business Registration Service Act, 2915 (No. 15 of 2015), 11 September 2015

Special Economic Zones Act (No. 16 of 2015), 11 September 2015 (2016)

Companies Act, 2015 (No. 17 of 2015), 11 September 2015

Protected Areas Order, 2015 (L N No 240), 20 November 2015


  • Mining Act, 2016 (No. 12 of 2016), 6 May 2016

Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016 (No. 35 of 2016), 3 September 2016

Natural Resources (Classes of Transactions Subject to Ratification) Act, 2016 (No. 41 of 2016), 13 September 2016

Water Act, 2016 (No. 43 of 2016), 13 September 2016

Turkana County Emergency and Disaster Management Act, 2016 (No. 14 of 2016), 21 October 2016

Bribery Act, 2016 (No. 47 of 2016), 23 December 2016


County Assemblies Powers and Privileges Act, 2017 (No. 6 of 2017), 8 March 2017

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 11 of 2017), 13 April 2017

Movable Property Security Rights, 2017 (No. 13 of 2017), 10 May 2017

Hydrologists Act, 2017 (No. 19 of 2017), 21 June 2017

Mombasa County Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management Act, 2017 (No. 8 of 2017), 23 June 2017

County Assembly Services Act, 2017 (No. 24 of 2017), 6 July 2017

  • National Land Commission (Investigation of Historical Land Injustices) Regulations, 2017 (L.N. No. 258 of 2017), 6 October 2017
  • Community Land Regulations (LN No. 279 of 2018), 13 November 2017

Land Registration (Registration Units) Order, 2017 (S I No 277 of 2017), Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 175, 22 November 2017

Land Registration (General) Regulations, 2017 (S I No 278 of 2017), Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 176, 22 November 2017

Land Regulations, 2017 (S I No 280 of 2017), Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 179, 24 November 2017


Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2018 (No. 4 of 2018), 4 April 2018

Kenya Coast Guard Service Act, 2018 (No. 11 of 2018), 21 September 2018

Kisumu County Enterprise Fund Act, 2018 (No. 5 of 2018), 27 November 2018

Kakamega County Youth Service and Women Empowerment Act, 2019 (No. 5 of 2019), 21 December 2018

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act, 2018 (No. 18 of 2018), 31 December 2018


Petroleum Act, 2019, 14 March 2019

Nandi County Community Development Act, 2019 (No. 5 of 2019), 25 March 2019

National Strategy for Achieving and Maintaining Over 10% Tree Cover By 2022 (2019-2022), 1 May 2019

Health Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 5 of 2019), 13 May 2019

Irrigation Act, 2019 (No. 14 of 2019), 29 July 2019

Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019, 5 August 2019

Kenya Youth Development Policy 2019, 2019

National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP) 2019-2024, 2019

Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS), 2019


National Sustainable Waste Management Policy, 1 March 2020

  • Kenya, Public Health (Covid-19 Restriction of Movement of Persons and Related Measures) (Mombasa County) Order, 2020, 6 April 2020
  • Kenya, Public Health (Covid-19 Restriction of Movement of Persons and Related Measures) (Kilifi County) Order, 2020 (Legal Notice No. 53 of 2020), 6 April 2020
  • Kenya, Public Health (Covid-19 Restriction of Movement of Persons and Related Measures) (Kwale County) Order, 2020 (Legal Notice No. 54 of 2020), 6 April 2020

Tea Act, 2020. Act no. 23 of 2020, 23 December 2020


Public Finance Management (National Drought Emergency Fund) Regulations 2021 – Legal Notice no. 27/2021, 16 February 2021

  • Central Bank of Kenya, Guidance on Climate-Related Risk Management, October 2021