ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya Act
20. Qualification
Edition: 2025-06-20 · In force
20. Qualification
(1)Subject to this section, a person is qualified to be registered if—(a)he has been awarded by the Examinations Board a certificate designated the Final Certificate of the Certified Public Secretaries Examination;(b)he holds a qualification approved under subsection (2) by the Registration Board;(c)he is, on the 30th June, 2002, both a citizen of Kenya and a member of the professional body known as the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators;(d)he is, on the 30th June, 2002, both ordinarily resident in Kenya and a member of the professional body known as the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators;(f)he is, on the 30th June, 2002, an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.(2)The Registration Board may, by notice in the Gazette, approve qualifications which it considers sufficient to allow a person to be registered, and may, in like manner, withdraw any such approval.(3)Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Registration Board may require a person making application for registration to satisfy the Registration Board (in such manner as it directs) that his knowledge of local law and practice is, and that his professional conduct and general character have been such as in the opinion of the Registration Board make him a fit and proper person to be registered, and unless the person so satisfies the Registration Board he shall not be treated as being qualified to be registered.