ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya Act
22. Registration
Edition: 2025-06-20 · In force
22. Registration
(1)The registrar of the Registration Board shall cause to be kept a register in which shall be recorded—(a)the name of any person whose application under section 19 is approved;(b)the fact that a practising certificate is issued to any person or that any such certificate ceases to be in force under this Act;(c)particulars of the cancellation under this Act of the registration of any person;(d)the fact that the registration of any person is restored under this Act; and(e)such other matters as the Registration Board may determine.(2)The registrar of the Registration Board may cause to be made such alterations in the register as are necessary to ensure that the matters recorded therein are accurate.(3)The register may, at all reasonable hours, be inspected, and copies of all or any part of any entry in the register taken—(a)without payment by—(i)any member of the police force or any public officer acting in the course of his duty; or(ii)any person authorized by the registrar of the Registration Board; or(b)on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, by any other person.(4)The register shall be received in proceedings before any court or tribunal as evidence of the matters recorded therein which are required by or under this Act to be so recorded.(5)A document purporting to be certified by the registrar of the Registration Board—(a)to be a true copy of an entry in the register;(b)stating that a person is not, or was not on a date specified in the document, registered; or(c)stating that a person is not, or was not on a date specified in the document, the holder of a practising certificate,shall be received in proceedings before a court or tribunal as prima facie evidence of any such matter contained in the entry or of that fact, as the case may be.(6)Proceedings on or an inquiry under this Act before the Disciplinary Committee shall be deemed to be proceedings before a tribunal for the purpose of this section.