Section 984 of The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015: Registered foreign company to display its name at office and places of business

    

(1) A registered foreign company shall paint or affix and keep painted or affixed, in a conspicuous position and in letters easily legible, on the outside of every office and place (including its registered office) that is in Kenya, at which its business is carried on and that is open and accessible to the public—
(a) its name and the name of its place of origin;
(b) if the liability of its members is limited and the last word of its name is neither the word "Limited" nor the abbreviation "Ltd." — notice of the fact that the liability of its members is limited; and
(c) in the case of its registered office — the expression "Registered Office".
(2) If a registered foreign company fails to comply with 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 one hundred thousand shillings.
(3) If, after a foreign company or any of its officers is convicted of an offence under subsection (2), the company continues to fail to comply with a requirement of subsection (1), 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 ten thousand shillings for each such offence.


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