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Rakha v Ahmed (Civil Suit No. 1074 of 1955) [1956] EACA 3 (1 January 1956)
The court held that rooms originally shown as shops or stores were let and used as dwelling accommodation, and that one room used as a private office did not become business premises.
Dhir v City Council of Nairobi (Criminal Appeal No. 168 of 1954) [1954] EACA 172 (1 January 1954)
The court held that the occupants were tenants, not lodgers, so the house was not a licensed lodging-house under the Nairobi by-laws.
Daya and Others (Criminal Appeal No. 18 of 1953; Criminal Appeal No. 19 of 1953; Criminal Appeal No. 20 of 1953) [1953] EACA 27 (1 January 1953)
The court held that subsequent purchasers of a new building were not liable under the by-law for a permit missing before their purchase, and quashed the convictions.
Daya and Others v City Council of Nairobi (Criminal Appeals Nos. 18, 19 and 20 of. 1953) [1953] EACA 42 (1 January 1953)
The court held that liability under the Nairobi building by-law attached to the person who first allowed occupation, not to later purchasers who lacked knowledge.
Mombasa Municipal Board v Amarshi (Criminal Appeal No. 521 of 1951) [1952] EACA 325 (1 January 1952)
The court held that “waste matter” in a municipal by-law includes waste water, rejecting an ejusdem generis argument that would limit it to solid refuse.
Municipal Board of Mombasa v Karaji (Criminal Appeal No. 279 of 1950) [1952] EACA 311 (1 January 1952)
The court held that second-hand lorry parts and tyres kept for use could amount to a “store” under the by-law, even without sales. The acquittal was set aside.
Kaur and Another v Vanmali (Civil Appeal No. 64 of 1952 (2)) [1950] EACA 14 (1 January 1950)
The Court of Appeal held that a rent board could not enforce a tenancy based on premises erected and occupied in breach of municipal by-laws.
Rex v Singh (Criminal Appeal No. 379 of 1946) [1947] EACA 77 (1 January 1947)
The court held that the appellant's act of placing a modified ambulance body, with wheels removed and the back taken out to serve as a shed, on his plot within the municipal area constituted the erection of a new building within the meaning of By-law 106 of the Nairobi Municipality By-laws, 1944. The court reasoned that the structure, having three sides, a floor, and a roof, was reasonably considered a building. The by-law's scope was not limited to buildings for human habitation, and the appellant's lack of explanation for the structure's purpose further supported the inference that it was i…
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Din and Another v Haji and Another (Criminal Revision Case No. 288 of 1945) [1946] EACA 54 (1 January 1946)
The court held that By-law 99 targeted a building’s class of use, not room-by-room misuse. Using kitchens or stores as bedrooms did not prove a breach.
Rex v Mohindra (Criminal Appeal No. 80 of 1946) [1946] EACA 59 (1 January 1946)
The court held that an acquittal under one Nairobi by-law did not bar a later charge under a different by-law, and reduced an unlawful sentence to comply with the by-laws.
