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ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

PRINCIPAL LEGISLATION

  1. Probate and Administration of Estates Act [CAP 352 R.E 2023]
  2. The   Interpretation of Laws Act [CAP 1 R.E 2023]
  3. The Judicature and Application of Laws Act [CAP 358 R.E 2023]
  4. The Notaries Public and Commission for Oath [CAP 12 R.E 2023]
  5. The Indian Succession Act of 1865
  6. The Administrator General (Powers and Functions) Act [CAP 27 R.E 2023]
  7. The Succession (Non-Christian Asiatics) Act [CAP 28 R.E 2023]
  8. The Law of the Child Act [CAP 13 R.E 2023]
  9. The Civil Procedure Code [CAP 33 R.E 2023]
  10. The Civil Procedure Code (Amendment of the First Schedule) Rules, G.N 821 of 2024
  11. The Hindu Wills Act of 1870
  12. The Law of Evidence Act [CAP 6 R.E 2023]
  13. The Law of Marriage Act [CAP 29 R.E 2023]
  14. The Birth and Death Registration Act [CAP 108 R.E 2023]
  15. The Law of Limitation Act [CAP 89 R.E 2023]

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION APPLICABLE IN DISTRICT COURT WHEN EXERCISING ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

  1. The Probate Rules, G.N 10 of 1963
  2. The Probate (Amendment) Rules, G.N 107 of 1963
  3. The Probate (Amendment) Rules, G.N 369 of 1963
  4. The Probate (Amendment) Rules, G.N 429 of 2025
  5. The Judicature and Application of Laws (Electronic Filling) Rules, G.N 148 of 2018
  6. The Judicature and Application of Laws (Electronic Filling) Rules, G.N 609 pf 2025
  7. The Interpretation of Laws (Use of English Language in Courts (Circumstance and Conditions) Rules, G.N 6 of 2022
  8. The Court Fees Rules, G.N 247 of 2018
  9. The Court Brokers and Process Servers (Appointment Renumeration and Displinary) Rules, G.N 363 of 2017
  10. The Civil Procedure (Approved Forms) (Notice) G.N 388 of 2017
  11. The Civil Procedure (Approved Forms) (Amendment) Notice, G.N 355 of 2022

DISTRICT COURT WHEN EXERCISING APPELLATE AND REVISIONAL JURISDICTION

  1. The Magistrates’ Courts Act [CAP 11 R.E 2023]
  2. The Civil Procedure (Appeals in Proceedings Originating in Primary Court) Rules, G.N 312 of 1964
  3. The Magistrates’ Courts (Civil Procedure in Primary Courts) Rules, G.N 310 of 1964
  4. The Magistrates’ Courts (Civil Procedure in Primary Courts (Amendment) G.N 118 of 1983