ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Registration of Business Names Act
14. Certificate of registration
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
14. Certificate of registration
(1)On the registration of any firm, individual or corporation under this Act, the Registrar shall issue a certificate in the prescribed form.(2)On the registration of any change in the particulars registered in respect of any firm, individual or corporation, the Registrar shall issue a fresh certificate in the prescribed form.(3)Every certificate issued under this section shall show the full names or name of the partners or individual, and in the case of any person who has changed his name his former name or names, and in the case of any person not of British nationality his nationality, and in the case of any individual whose nationality is not his nationality of origin his nationality of origin, and in the case of a minor the fact of minority shall be shown.(4)A certificate issued under this section shall be sent by registered post or delivered to the firm, individual or corporation registering, who shall thereupon exhibit and thereafter maintain the same in a conspicuous position at the principal place of the business so registered:Provided that—(i)where a fresh certificate has been issued under subsection (2), the provisions of this subsection shall apply to such fresh certificate only and not to the certificate originally issued: and(ii)where any certificate has been lost or destroyed or rendered illegible, a copy of such certificate certified by the Registrar may be exhibited in place of the original.(5)Where a firm, individual or corporation registered under this Act has more than one place of business, the original certificate shall be exhibited and maintained as required by subsection (4) at the principal place of business and a copy of the certificate certified by the Registrar shall be exhibited and thereafter maintained in a conspicuous position in each of such other places of business.(6)If any firm, individual or corporation fails to comply with any of the provisions of subsections (4) and (5), every partner in the firm, or such individual, or such corporation, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence.