ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya Act
18. Duration of practising certificate
Edition: 2025-06-20 · In force
18. Duration of practising certificate
(1)A practising certificate remains in force unless it ceases to be in force under subsection (2), (4) or (5).(2)A practising certificate issued to any person ceases to be in force if that person ceases to be registered.(3)Where a practising certificate issued to any person ceases under subsection(2) to be in force, that practising certificate does not come into force again if the person is subsequently registered:Provided that a practising certificate will come into force if the registration of the person is restored pursuant to subsection (5) or (6) of section 23.(4)Subject to section 29(3)(b), a practising certificate ceases to be in force during any period when it is suspended pursuant to section 28(1)(e) or, if that period is varied on appeal under section 29, during the period as so varied.(5)A person may surrender to the Registration Board a practising certificate issued to him and in that event the certificate ceases to be in force.(6)Where a practising certificate ceases to be in force under subsection (2), the person to whom the certificate was issued shall deliver it to the Registration Board within fourteen days after the date on which he ceases to be registered.(7)Any person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (6) is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings.