ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Companies Act
19. Effect of registration
Edition: 2024-12-27 · In force
19. Effect of registration
From the date of incorporation of a company—(a)the subscribers to the memorandum, together with such other persons as may from time to time become members of the company, become a body corporate by the name stated in the certificate of incorporation;(b)the company can do all of the things that an incorporated company can do;(c)the registered office of the company is as stated in the application for registration;(d)the status of the company is as stated in its certificate of incorporation;(e)in the case of a company having a share capital, the subscribers to the memorandum of association become holders of the shares specified in the statement of capital and initial shareholdings; and(f)the persons named in the statement of proposed officers—(i)as directors of the company;(ii)in the case of a public company, as the secretary or as a joint secretary of the company; or(iii)as an authorised signatory of the company, become holders of those offices.