ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Societies Act
24. Purporting to act as officer
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
24. Purporting to act as officer
Any person who—(a)acts or purports to act as an officer of a registered society, and who has not been duly appointed or elected as an officer of that society; or(b)having been appointed or elected as an officer of a society (otherwise than at the time of the formation of the society), acts as an officer of that society after the end of the period prescribed by section 17(1) of this Act for giving notice of his appointment or election to the Registrar, no such notice having been given within such period,shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment:Provided that this section shall not prevent a person who has been duly appointed or elected as officer of the society from signing the notice prescribed by section 17(1) of this Act.