ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Companies Act
248. Duty to keep register of secretaries
Edition: 2024-12-27 · In force
248. Duty to keep register of secretaries
(1)A public company shall keep a register of its secretaries.(2)The company shall ensure that its register of secretaries—(a)contains the required particulars of the person who is, or persons who are, the secretary or joint secretaries of the company; and(b)except in so far as the regulations otherwise provide, is kept available for inspection at the registered office of the company.(3)The company shall ensure that its register of secretaries is kept open for the inspection by—(a)any member of the company without charge; and(b)any other person on payment of the prescribed fee (if any).(4)If a company fails to comply with a requirement of this section, the company, and each officer of the company who is in default, commit an offence and on conviction are each liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings.(5)If, after a company or any of its officers is convicted of an offence under subsection (4), the company continues to fail to comply with the requirement, the company, and each officer of the company who is in default, commit a further offence on each day on which the failure continues and on conviction are each liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings for each such offence.