ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Companies Act
1011. Service of documents on directors, secretaries and others
Edition: 2024-12-27 · In force
1011. Service of documents on directors, secretaries and others
(1)A document may be served on a person to whom this section applies by leaving it at, sending it by post to, the person’s registered address.(2)This section applies to the following persons:(a)a director or secretary of a company;(b)in the case of a registered foreign company, the local representative of the company in Kenya (or the designated local representative if there is more than one local representative);(c)a person appointed in relation to a company in any other capacity prescribed by the regulations for the purpose of this subsection.(3)This section applies whatever the purpose of the relevant document, and is not restricted to service for purposes arising out of or in connection with the appointment or position referred to in subsection (2) or in connection with the company concerned.(4)For the purposes of this section, a person's registered address is the address (if any) for the time being shown as the person's current address in the company's register of directors, secretaries or members.(5)Service may not be effected under this section at an address of a person to whom subsection (2)(a) or (c) applies if notice has been registered of the termination of the person's appointment in relation to the company and the address is not a registered address of the person in relation to any other appointment.(6)Service may not be effected under this section at an address of a person to whom subsection (2)(b) applies if the foreign company is no longer registered as such in Kenya.(7)Nothing in this section affects the operation of any enactment or rule of law under which permission is required for service of process outside Kenya.