The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015Section 172 of The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015: Exceptions for minor and business transactions
(1) An approval is not required under section 164, 165 or 166 for a company to make a loan or quasi-loan, or to give a guarantee or provide security in connection with a loan or quasi-loan, if the aggregate of—
(a) the value of the transaction; and
(b) the value of any other relevant transactions or arrangements, does not exceed one million shillings.
(2) An approval is not required under section 167 for a company to enter into a credit transaction, or to give a guarantee or provide security in connection with a credit transaction, if the aggregate of—
(a) the value of the transaction, that is, of the credit transaction, guarantee or security; and
(b) the value of any other relevant transactions or arrangements, does not exceed seven million five hundred thousand shillings.
(3) An approval is not required under section 167 for a company to enter into a credit transaction, or to give a guarantee or provide security in connection with a credit transaction, if—
(a) the transaction is entered into by the company in the ordinary course of the company's business; and
(b) the value of the transaction is not greater, and the terms on which it is entered into are not more favourable, than it is reasonable to expect the company would have offered to, or in respect of, a person of the same financial standing but unconnected with the company.
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