Age of Majority Act

LAWS OF KENYA
THE AGE OF MAJORITY ACT
CAP. 33
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Kenya
Age of Majority Act
Cap. 33
Legislation as at 5 April 1974
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Age of Majority Act (Cap. 33)
Contents
1. Short title ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
2. Age of majority ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
3. Spent .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
4. Savings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
5. Interpretation of and application to other laws ................................................................................................................................. 1

tion to other laws ................................................................................................................................. 1

Age of Majority Act (Cap. 33) Kenya
AGE OF MAJORITY ACT
CAP. 33
Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. LXXVI—No. 16 on 5 April 1974
Assented to on 3 April 1974
Commenced on 5 April 1974
An Act of Parliament to repeal and replace the Age of Majority Act by providing a general age of
majority, and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Age of Majority Act. 2. Age of majority
A person shall be of full age and cease to be under any disability by reason of age on attaining the age of
eighteen years. 3. Spent
[Spent]
4. Savings
(1) The provisions of this Act shall not affect the capacity of any person who, before the date of
commencement of this Act, has attained majority under the law applicable to him. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, where by any instrument or by the order of any
court a guardian has been appointed for any person until that person attains the age of twenty-one
years, such appointment shall, unless otherwise ordered, continue until that person has attained
the age of eighteen years or until the date of commencement of this Act, whichever is the later. 5.

e ordered, continue until that person has attained
the age of eighteen years or until the date of commencement of this Act, whichever is the later. 5.

Interpretation of and application to other laws
(1) Where, under the provisions of any written law in force at the date of commencement of this Act,
other than the Kenya Citizenship Act (Cap. 170), the expression "minor", "infant" or "full age" is
used to refer to any different age, such expression shall be read and construed as a reference to the
age of eighteen years. (2) For the purpose of this Act and any other written law, in computing the age of any person the day
on which he was born shall be included as a whole day and he shall be deemed not to have attained
such age as may be specified until the beginning of the relevant anniversary of the day of his birth. 1