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Registration of Business Names Act

20. Certified copies to be evidence

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

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20. Certified copies to be evidence

(1)A copy of, or extract from, any document kept, filed or registered at the office of the Registrar, and purporting to be certified under the hand of the Registrar to be true copy or extract, shall in all legal proceedings be admissible as prima facie evidence of the contents of the document.
(2)The Registrar shall not, in any legal proceedings to which he is not a party, be compellable—
(a)to produce any document the contents of which can be proved under subsection (1); or
(b)to appear as a witness to prove the matters recorded in any such document, unless the court for special cause otherwise orders.
[Act No. 29 of 1967, First Sch.]
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Source: Kenya Law