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Section 29 of The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015: Documents to be provided to members

    

(1) A company shall, on being requested to do so by a member of the company,
send to the member the following documents—
(a) an up-to-date copy of the articles of the company;
(b) a copy of any resolution or agreement relating to the company that
has been recorded by the Registrar under section 27;
(c) a copy of any court order under this Act that alters the company's
constitution;
(d) a copy of any court order under Part XXXIV that sanctions a
compromise or arrangement involving the company or facilitating its
reconstruction or amalgamation;
(e) copy of any court order under section 782 that alters the company's
constitution;
(f) copy of the current certificate of incorporation of the company and of
any past certificates of incorporation;
(g) in the case of a company with a share capital, a current statement of
the company's capital;
(h) the case of a company limited by guarantee, a copy of the statement
of guarantee.
(2) The statement of capital of the company required by subsection (1)(g) is
a statement of—
(a) the total number of shares of the company;
(b) the aggregate nominal value of those shares;
(c) for each class of shares—
(i) the particulars of the rights attached to the shares prescribed
by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection;
(ii) the total number of shares of that class;
(iii) the aggregate nominal value of shares of that class; and
(d) the amount paid up and the amount (if any) unpaid on each share,
whether on account of the nominal value of the share or in the form
of a premium.
(3) A company is not required to comply with a request under subsection (1)
unless the member meets the costs of preparing and sending the documents.
(4) If a company fails to comply with a request made under subsection (1), the
company, and each officer of the company who is in default, commit an offence
and on conviction are each liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand
shillings.
(5) If, after a company or any of its officers is convicted of an offence under
subsection (4), the company continues to fail to comply with the request or a further
request made by the member concerned, the company, and each officer of the
company who is in default, commit a further offence on each day on which the
failure continues and on conviction are each liable to a fine not exceeding fifty
thousand shillings for each such offence.

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