ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Investment and Financial Analysts Act
16. Qualifications for registration
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
16. Qualifications for registration
(1)Subject to this section, a person is qualified to be registered if the person—(a)has been awarded by the Examinations Board, a certificate or other documentary evidence confirming that he has passed the final certified investment and financial analysts examination; or(b)holds a qualification approved before the commencement of this Act and was registered at the time of commencement of the Act under subsection (2);(c)has satisfied the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.(2)The Council may, in consultation with the Examinations Board from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, approve qualifications which it considers sufficient to allow a person to be registered, and may, in like manner, withdraw any such approval.(3)Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2), the Council may require a person making an application for registration to satisfy the Registration Committee, in such manner as it may direct, that the person has—(a)adequate knowledge of Kenyan laws, including taxation law and law governing financial markets and;(b)adequate experience in investment and financial analysis, and(c)acceptable professional conduct and general character which in the opinion of the Committee make such person a fit and proper person to be registered and unless the person so satisfies the Registration Committee he shall not be treated as being qualified to be registered.