The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Offence of fraudulent trading
(1) If a business of a company is carried on with intent to defraud creditorsof the company or creditors of any other person, or f…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Power to enter and search of premises under warrant
(1) A Court or magistrate may issue a warrant under this section if satisfied on information on oath given by or on behalf of the…
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Production and inspection of documents if offence suspected
(1) An application for an order under subsection (2) may be made to the Court by the Attorney General, the Director of Public Pros…
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Legal professional privilege
A person who is prosecuted for an offence under this Act is not obliged to disclose any information that the person is entitled to…
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Proceedings against unincorporated bodies
(1) Proceedings for an offence under this Act alleged to have been committed by an unincorporated body may be brought only in the…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Application of section 996 to bodies other than companies
(1) Deleted by Act No. 28 of 2017, s. 55(b). (2) In its application to a body corporate other than a company, section 996 is to be…
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Liability of officers 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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Power of Cabinet Secretary to make foreign companies regulations
(1) The Cabinet Secretary may make regulations (called foreign companies regulations) prescribing matters— (a) required or permitt…
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Registrar to keep Foreign Companies Register
(1) The Registrar shall establish and maintain a register, called the Foreign Companies Register. (2) The Registrar shall enter in…
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Restoration of foreign company to Foreign Companies Register in certain circumstances
(1) If the Registrar is satisfied that a foreign company’s name was struck off the Foreign Companies Register as a result of an er…
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Power of Registrar to strike registered foreign company's name from Register of Foreign Companies in certain circumstances
(1) On forming a reasonable belief that a registered foreign company— (a) is not carrying on business in Kenya (otherwise than as…
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Local representative of registered foreign company to notify Registrar of certain events affecting the company
(1) Within one month after a registered foreign company has ceased to carryon business in Kenya, each person who, on the day when…
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Natural person’s residential address to be protected from disclosure
If a provision of this Part, or of the foreign companies regulations, requires a registered foreign company to register particular…
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Registered foreign company to lodge certain returns with Registrar
(1) A registered foreign company shall, as and when required to do so by theRegistrar, provide the Registrar with such returns, co…
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Provision for registration of charges over Kenyan property of foreign company
(1) The foreign companies regulations may provide for the registration ofspecified charges over property in Kenya of a registered…
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Copies of registered foreign company’s financial statements and other documents to be lodged with Registrar
(1) Subject to this section, a registered foreign company shall, at least once in every calendar year and at intervals of not more…
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Registered foreign company to give notice of certain changes relating to its constitution, directors and business in Kenya
(1) A registered foreign company shall, within one month after a change occurs in— (a) its constitution or any other document lodg…
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Registered foreign company to state its name and other information in documents and communications relating to its business in Kenya
(1) A registered foreign company shall— (a) state its name and other specified information in prescribed classes of documents and…
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Registered foreign company to display its name at office and places of business
(1) A registered foreign company shall paint or affix and keep painted or affixed, in a conspicuous position and in letters easily…
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Registered foreign company to have registered office
(1) A registered foreign company shall establish and maintain a registered office in Kenya to which all communications and notices…
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Particulars of places of businesses of registered foreign companies to be notified to Registrar
(1) A registered foreign company shall not carry on business at a place in Kenya unless the company has lodged with the Registrar…
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Liability of local representative
(1) A local representative of a registered foreign company— (a) is answerable for the doing of all acts, matters and things that t…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Appointment and termination of appointment of local representation
(1) Within one month after a registered foreign company has appointed a person as a local representative of the company in Kenya,…
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The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015▤
Foreign company required to have local representative
(1) The Registrar may not register a foreign company under this Part unless the company has at least one local representative in r…
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