the civil procedure act - Kenya Law Reports

104[Subsidiary]CAP. 21 Civil Procedure [Rev. 2010an order of the court acting on its own motion, then by either orany party.(3) (2), the court shall, after causing the copy to be examined, comparedit occurs to be returned to the person producing it:Provided that the court may accept, in the case of a copy of a publicrecord is.[Order 14, rule 3.]Record of admittedand return of rejecteddocuments.[Order 14, rule 4.]Court may orderany document to beimpounded.[Order 14, rule 5]Return of admitteddocuments.3. (1) Every document which has been admitted in evidence, or a copythereof where a copy has been substituted for the original under rule 2, shallform part of the record of the suit.(2) Documents not admitted in evidence shall not form part of the record,and shall be returned to the persons respectively producing them after they havein rule 1 (1), together with a statement of their having been rejected.4. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the court may, if5. (1) Any person, whether a party to the suit or not, desirous of receivingback any document produced by him in the suit and placed on the record, shall,unless the document is impounded under rule 4, be entitled to receive backthe same—(a) when the suit has been disposed of, and, if the suit is one in which(bProvided that—(i) a document may be returned at any time earlier than thatprescribed by this rule if the person applying therefor deliversoriginal and undertakes in writing to produce the original ifrequired to do so;(ii) no document shall be returned which, by force of the decree,has become wholly void or useless.(2) On the return of a document admitted in evidence a receipt shall begiven by the person receiving it.[Order 14, rule 6.]6. (1) The court may of its own motion, and may in its discretion upon