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⁹ E.g. Bills of Exchange Act (cap. 27); Sale of Goods Act (cap. 31).

¹⁰ E.g. Law Reform Act (cap. 26); Fatal Accidents Act (cap. 32).

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¹⁴ The present writer is at present preparing a casebook on Customary Law in Kenya which will show that though magistrates and j udges have in general followed the Restatements, and accepted them as accurate statements of the customary law then prevailing, they have not shrunk from the responsibility and duty of saying that it had developed in a particular field where they felt certain that this was the case.

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²² [1968] E.A. 361.

²³ [1974] E.A. 348.

²⁴ Ibid., nt 351.

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³² [1973] E.A. 388.

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³⁴ No 2 of 1982.

³⁵ S. 3(1).

³⁶ S. 2(5).

³⁷ S. 2(6).

³⁸ The appointments were made at the end of August, 1982, viz. Chairman: Mr Justice Miller; Members: 1. Mrs. Justice Eflie Owuor, 2. Mr. George Waruhiu (Advocate), 3. Mr. S. S. Rao (Dep. Public Prosecutor), 4. Mr. J. A. Couldrey (Advocate); and Secretary: Mr. Roger Rose.

³⁹ [1971] E.A. 278.

⁴⁰ [1976] K.L.R. 307.

⁴¹ Contained in a Schedule to the Statute Law (Repeal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1980.

⁴² C.A. No. 40 of 1978 (Kisumu).

⁴³ C.A. No. 35 of 1980.

⁴⁴ No. 14 of 1981.