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the civil procedure act - Kenya Law Reports

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Rev. 2010] Civil Procedure CAP. 21 153any powers which it might have exercised if he had appeared.[Subsidiary]whom <strong>the</strong> order for <strong>the</strong> attachment of debts or for <strong>the</strong> appointment of a receiver means <strong>the</strong> person in whose favour it could have been obtained.ORDER 30SUITS BY OR AGAINST FIRMS AND OTHER PERSONSCARRYING OUT BUSINESS IN NAMESOTHER THAN THEIR OWN1. Any two or more persons claiming or being liable as partners andany) in which such persons were partners at <strong>the</strong> time of <strong>the</strong> accruing of <strong>the</strong>cause of <strong>act</strong>ion, and any party to a suit may in such case apply to <strong>the</strong> court fora statement of <strong>the</strong> names and addresses of <strong>the</strong> persons who were, at <strong>the</strong> time of<strong>the</strong> plaintiffs or <strong>the</strong>ir advocate shall, on demand in writing by or on behalf ofany defendant, within seven days, declare in writing <strong>the</strong> names and places ofinstituted.(2) Where <strong>the</strong> plaintiffs or <strong>the</strong>ir advocate fail to comply with any demandmade under subrule (1), all proceedings in <strong>the</strong> suit may, upon an application forthat purpose, be stayed upon such terms as <strong>the</strong> court may direct.(3) Where <strong>the</strong> names of <strong>the</strong> partners are declared in <strong>the</strong> manner referredto in subrule (1), <strong>the</strong> suit shall proceed in <strong>the</strong> same manner, and <strong>the</strong> sameconsequences in all respects shall follow, as if <strong>the</strong>y had been named as plaintiffsin <strong>the</strong> plaint:Provided that all <strong>the</strong> proceedings shall never<strong>the</strong>less continue in <strong>the</strong> name[Order 30, rule 1.]Suing of partners in[Order 30, rule 2.]Disclosure ofpartners’ names.service of <strong>the</strong> summons shall be effected ei<strong>the</strong>r—[Order 30, rule 3.]Service.(a) upon any one or more of <strong>the</strong> partners;(b) at <strong>the</strong> principal place at which <strong>the</strong> partnership business is carried<strong>the</strong> control or management of <strong>the</strong> partnership business <strong>the</strong>re; or(c) as <strong>the</strong> court may direct.

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