Local Council Courts Regulations, 2007 (S.I. No. 51 of 2007).

These Regulations, made under section 45 of the Local Council Courts Act, 2006, provide with respect to the composition, management, operation, jurisdiction and procedure of the Local Council Courts and provide for some other matters such as fees and costs to be awarded by the courts. The Regulations also provide for appeal against decisions of local courts. Jurisdiction of local courts shall include the trial and determination of disputes in respect of land held under customary tenure, trespass and damage to property. A Court shall not make an order for the attachment of the immovable or real property of a judgement debtor, crops still in the field, the dismantling of a dwelling house or the removal of the judgment debtor from the land except with the written consent of a Chief Magistrate.