(2) The court shall not be bound to order the termination even where
someone or more grounds as above exist.
(3) Where such application is made within one year from the death
of the intestate and where there is any other person or persons who would
have been entitled to occupancy but for the existence of the occupant, such
person or persons shall be made party to the suit and the court may, after
hearing such evidence in the matter as may be presented, order that the
occupancy shall pass from the occupant to such person or one or more of
such persons.
(4) Any person entitled to occupancy under this paragraph who is
aggrieved by the decision of the court may within thirty days appeal against
the court’s order.
10.
Offences.
It shall be an offence punishable with imprisonment not exceeding six
months or a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings or both for any person
to evict or attempt to evict from a residential holding prior to the issue of a
certificate under paragraph 4 of this Schedule any wife or child of an
intestate who normally resided there at the date of death of the intestate or to
do any act calculated to persuade or force any the wife or child to quit such
holding prior to the issue of the certificate.
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