ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Companies Act
47. Company to notify change of address of registered office
Edition: 2024-12-27 · In force
47. Company to notify change of address of registered office
(1)A company may change the address of its registered office by lodging with the Registrar for registration a notice of the change.(2)The change of address takes effect only when it is registered by the Registrar.(3)A person is entitled to serve a document on the company at the previously registered address within fourteen days after the new address is registered by the Registrar.(4)In relation to a duty of a company—(a)to keep available for inspection at its registered office any records; or(b)to state the address of its registered office in any document,a company that has given notice to the Registrar of a change in the address of its registered office may act on the change as from such date, not more than fourteen days after the company is notified that the Registrar has registered the change.(5)A company that unavoidably ceases to keep available for inspection at its registered office any records in circumstances in which it was not practicable to give prior notice to the Registrar of a change in the address of its registered office is not to be regarded as having failed to comply with its duty to keep those records available for inspection at its registered office if it—(a)makes the records available at other premises as soon as practicable; and(b)gives notice accordingly to the Registrar of the change of the location of its registered office within fourteen days after doing so.