ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Companies Act
217. Disqualification on conviction of offence involving failure to lodge returns or other documents with Registrar
Edition: 2024-12-27 · In force
217. Disqualification on conviction of offence involving failure to lodge returns or other documents with Registrar
(1)This section applies to offences of which a person is convicted in consequence of a failure to comply with any provision of this Act or the insolvency related laws requiring—(a)a return, financial statement or other document to be lodged with, or sent to; or(b)a matter to be notified to, the Registrar, whether the failure is by the person or any company of which the person is an officer.(2)If a person is convicted of an offence to which this section applies, the convicting court may make a disqualification order against the person if, during the five years ending with the date of the conviction, the person has been convicted of no fewer than three such offences.(3)The offences referred to in subsection (2) may include the one of which the person is convicted and any other offence to which this section applies of which the person is convicted on the same occasion.(4)The maximum period that can be imposed in a disqualification order made under this section is five years.