Limited Liability Partnership Act Cap 30 in Kenya

A limited liability partnership shall keep at its registered office— (a) a notice of registration issued under this Act; (b) a register of the name and address of each partner, manager representative where applicable; (c) a copy of the most recent annual declaration of solvency or...

(1) Every limited liability partnership shall keep a register of its beneficial owners. (2) A limited liability partnership shall enter in its register of beneficial owners, information relating to its beneficial owners as prescribed in the regulations. (3) A limited liability partnership shall...

(1) Every limited liability partnership shall keep a register of nominee partner sat its registered office. (2) A limited liability partnership shall enter in its register of nominee partners—(a) the name and address of the nominee partner; (b) the date on which the person became a nominee...

(1) A limited liability partnership shall ensure that no invoice or other document relating to the partnership business is issued unless it bears— (a) the name and registration number of the partnership; and (b) a statement that it is registered with limited liability. (2) A limited liability...

(1) Whenever a change occurs in any of the details registered in respect ofa limited liability partnership, the partnership shall, within fourteen days after the change, lodge with the Registrar a statement specifying the nature and effective date of the change and such other information (if any) as...

(1) Where the Registrar determines that a limited liability partnership is not carrying on business or is not in operation, the Registrar may send to the registered address of the limited liability partnership or by other means as Regulations may prescribe, a communication inquiring whether the...

(1) Where a limited liability partnership is in liquidation and— (a) the Registrar reasonably believes that— (i) the affairs of the limited liability partnership are fully wound up; or (ii) no liquidator is acting; and (iii) the returns required to be made by the liquidator in respect of the...

(1) The Registrar may strike off the name of a limited liability partnership from the Register on application by a limited liability partnership. (2) An application under this section shall only be effective if— (a) it is made on behalf of the limited liability partnership by its manager or by a...

An application under section 33C shall not be made if, at any time during the preceding three months, the limited liability partnership has— (a) changed its name; (b) carried on business; (c) made a disposal for value of property that, immediately before ceasing to carry on business, it held for...

(1) An applicant may, at any time before a limited liability partnership’s nameis struck of through a prescribed notice to the Registrar withdraw an application to strike of a limited liability partnership’s name of the register. (2) Upon receipt of the notice of withdrawal under subsection (1),...

(1) An applicant may, by written notice to the Registrar, object an applicationto strike a limited liability partnership’s name off the register at any time before the limited liability partnership’s name is struck off the register. (2) An objection under this section shall be made on the ground...

(1) A manager in a limited liability partnership shall be required to keep records specified under this Part for at least seven years after the limited liability partnership has been struck off. (2) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a...

(1) The Registrar may restore the name of a limited liability partnership to theRegister if satisfied that the striking off is a result of a mistake of the Registrar. (2) For purposes of subsection (1), “a mistake of the Registrar” excludes amistake that is made on the basis of wrong, false or...

(1) An application may be made to the Court to restore to the Register a limited liability partnership that has been struck from the Register. (2) An application under subsection (1) may be made by— (a) the Attorney General; (b) a former partner of the firm; (c) any person who would appear to...

(1) Where the name of a limited liability partnership is restored to the Register under this Act, the limited liability partnership shall be deemed to be in existence as if its name had not been struck off the register. (2) The limited liability partnership is not liable for any liability arising...

(1) The Registrar shall, subject to this Act, keep a register of limited liability partnerships. (2) The Register shall comprise of— (a) the information relating to limited liability partnerships that is contained in documents lodged or filed with, or delivered to, the Registrar under this or any...

(1) A person in respect of which an entry in a register— (a) has been omitted; (b) is incorrect; or (c) has been included in error, (d) may apply to the Registrar for rectification of the register. (2) Upon receipt of the application under subsection (1), the Registrar may require the applicant...

(1) If a limited liability partnership becomes insolvent, the provisions of the Insolvency Act, 2015 (No. 18 of 2015), shall apply with respect to the conduct of the receivership or management of the affairs of the partnership. (2) If a limited liability partnership becomes liquidated, the...

(1) A foreign limited liability partnership shall not carry on business in Kenya unless it is registered as a foreign limited liability partnership under this Act. (2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred...

(1) A person seeking to register a foreign limited liability partnership shall, in addition to the requirements under sections 17, 19 and 20 of this Act, make an application to the Registrar— (a) in the prescribed form; and (b) accompanied by a notarized copy of— (i) the certificate of...

(1) A foreign limited liability partnership shall, for purposes of operating in Kenya, appoint at least one local representative who shall be— (a) a permanent resident in Kenya; or (b) a Kenyan citizen who ordinarily resides in Kenya. (2) A foreign limited liability partnership shall lodge with...

A foreign limited liability partnership shall have a registered office in Kenya to which all communications and notices may be addressed.

(1) A foreign limited liability partnership shall file its annual returns with the Registrar within thirty days of the anniversary of its registration under the Act or any other period as the Registrar may upon application allow. (2) The annual returns of a foreign limited partnership shall state...

(1) A foreign limited liability partnership that ceases operations in Kenya shall within seven days of such cessation, lodge with the Registrar a notice of the cessation. (2) The cessation of business shall take effect upon the lodging of the notice under subsection (1). (3) The obligation of any...

(1) A foreign limited liability partnership that is liquidated or dissolved shall,within thirty days after the liquidation or the dissolution, lodge or cause to be lodged with the Registrar a notice of such liquidation or dissolution in accordance with the Insolvency Act, 2015. (2) The Registrar...

(1) A local representative in a foreign limited liability partnership shall be required to keep records under this Act for at least seven years after the limited liability partnership has been struck off. (2) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall be liable, on...

The Cabinet Secretary may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

The Court may make rules, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed by rules.

(1) In this section— "existing limited liability partnership" means a limited liability partnership whose registration is continued under subsection (2); "repealed Act" means the Act repealed by section 37. (2) The registration of a limited liability partnership under the repealed Act is, if in...