Section 71 Cap 160 (Law of Succession Act (Cap 160)): Summons for Confirmation of Grant After 6 Months & Rule 40 Affidavit of Protest
Procedural practice notes, court bundle indexing requirements, and statutory timeline compliance for Section 71 Cap 160 (Summons for Confirmation of Grant After 6 Months & Rule 40 Affidavit of Protest).
Law of Succession Act (Cap 160)
Applies to proceedings under Section 71 Cap 160 (Summons for Confirmation of Grant After 6 Months & Rule 40 Affidavit of Protest).
30 Days
Compute exact expiry dates excluding public holidays and Order 50 Rule 4 court recess.
Hyperlinked TOC & 10th-Lining
Continuous top-right page numbering and right-margin 10th-lining on pleadings and submissions.
Procedural Compliance & Bundle Requirements Under Section 71 Cap 160
When preparing pleadings, applications, or appellate records governed by Section 71 Cap 160 (Law of Succession Act (Cap 160)) — Summons for Confirmation of Grant After 6 Months & Rule 40 Affidavit of Protest — advocates must ensure strict alignment between the Index of Documents, continuous top-right page numbering, and statutory filing timelines (standard benchmark window: 30 days).
Key Practice Questions
Upload your pleadings, affidavits, and annexures to KortiBundle Studio, select the HIGH court preset, enable continuous pagination and every-10th-line margin numbering on pleadings, and export a <50 MB searchable PDF ready for the Judiciary CTS portal.
Under Order 50 of the Civil Procedure Rules and Section 57 of Cap 2, the trigger date is excluded, and if the last day falls on a weekend or gazetted Kenyan public holiday, the deadline shifts to the next working court day.
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