Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Purposes of public registers
(1) The public register kept under section 47 has— (a) the purpose of providing information about bankrupts and discharged bankrup…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Official Receiver to ensure access to public registers
(1) The Official Receiver shall ensure that all public registers are available for access and inspection by members of the public…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Application of Division 2
This Division applies to a public register established under section 47, 337 or 350.
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Official Receiver to pay certain unclaimed dividends and undistributed balances into Insolvency Services Account
The Official Receiver shall from time to time pay into the Consolidated Fund out of the Insolvency Services Account so much of the…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Insolvency Services Account to be established and maintained
(1) The Official Receiver shall establish in the Central Bank of Kenya an account, to be called the "Insolvency Services Account".…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Rates of Official Receiver's fees
(1) The insolvency regulations may fix or prescribe the amount or rates of fees chargeable under section 706. (2) Those regulation…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Official Receiver and Deputy Official Receivers may charge fees
(1) The Official Receiver and Deputy Official Receivers may charge fees for performing their official functions, and exercising th…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Protection of Official Receiver and Deputy Official Receivers from liability
Neither the Official Receiver nor a Deputy Official Receiver is liable in civil proceedings for any act that the Official Receiver…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Vacation of office by Official Receiver and Deputy Official Receiver
(1) The office of Official Receiver or Deputy Official Receiver becomes vacant if— (a) the person dies; (b) the person's term of o…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Incorporation of Official Receiver as a corporation sole
(1) The Official Receiver is, for the purpose of performing the functions imposed and exercising the powers to be conferred on the…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Deputy Official Receiver may act on behalf of Official Receiver
A Deputy Official Receiver may act for, or in the place of, the Official Receiver or another Deputy Official Receiver, and in that…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Appointment of Official Receiver and others
(1) The Cabinet Secretary shall, as and when necessary, appoint suitably qualified persons to the positions of— (a) Official Recei…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Suspension of bankruptcy, liquidation or administration pending determination of appeal
(1) If an appeal has been lodged against a bankruptcy order or an order for the liquidation or administration of a company, any in…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Right of appeal to Court of Appeal
(1) Any person dissatisfied with a decision of the Court under this Act may appeal to the Court of Appeal against the decision. (2…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Power of the Court to review, rescind or vary order made under this Act
The Court may review, rescind, or vary any order of the Court under this Act.
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Power to make insolvency procedure rules
(1) The Rules Committee, with the addition of the Official Receiver, may make rules providing for either or both of the following—…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Legal proceeding under this Act not to be invalidated or set because of a defect unless person detrimentally affected
(1) A proceeding under this Act may not be invalidated or set aside for a defect in a step that is required to be taken as part of…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Admissibility in evidence of statement prepared for purpose of provision of this Act or the insolvency regulations
(1) In any proceedings (whether under this Act or any other written law)— (a) a statement of the financial position or affairs of…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Offences by bodies corporate
(1) If— (a) a body corporate commits an offence to which this section applies; and (b) the offence is proved to have been committe…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Liability of officer who are in default
(1) If a provision of this Act provides that an officer of a company who is in default commits an offence, the officer commits the…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Power of the Court to grant injunctions in certain cases
(1) The Official Receiver, or a person who claims to have been, to be or to be about to be adversely affected— (a) by the past or…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Enforcement of company's obligations to lodge documents with, or give notice to, the Registrar of Companies
(1) If a company has failed to comply with a requirement under this Act— (a) to lodge a document with the Registrar for registrati…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Appointment of administrative receiver in respect of company prohibited
(1) In this section, "administrative receiver", in relation to a company, means— (a) a receiver or manager of the whole (or substa…
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Insolvency Act CAP 53▤
Supply of utility services to companies in liquidation or under administration
(1) This section applies to a company— (a) that is under administration or in liquidation; or (b) in respect of which a moratorium…
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