Section 600 of Insolvency Act CAP 53: Moving from administration to dissolution
(1) On forming the belief that a company that is under administration has no property that might allow a distribution to its creditors, the administrator shall lodge with the Registrar a notice to that effect.
(2) On the application of the administrator of a company, the Court may disapply subsection (1) in respect of the company.
(3) On receiving of a notice lodged under subsection (1), the Registrar shall register it.
(4) The appointment of the administrator ends when the notice is registered.
(5) As soon as practicable after lodging a notice under subsection (1), the administrator shall— (a) lodge a copy of the notice with the Court; and
(b) send a copy of the notice to each creditor of whose claim, and whose address, the administrator is aware.
(6) At the end of three months from and including the date of registration of a notice in respect of a company under subsection (1) the company is dissolved.
(7) On an application in respect of a company made by the administrator or some other person who has a legitimate interest in the matter, the Court may— (a) extend the period specified in subsection (6);
(b) suspend that period; or
(c) disapply subsection (6).
(8) As soon as practicable after an order is made under subsection (7), the administrator shall lodge a copy of the order with the Registrar for registration.
(9) On receiving of a notice lodged under subsection (8), the Registrar shall register it.
(10) An administrator who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement of this section commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand shillings.
(11) If, after being convicted of an offence under subsection (10), an administrator continues to fail to comply with the relevant requirement, the administrator commits a further offence on each day on which the failure continues and on conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand shillings for each such offence.
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(1) Deleted by Act No. 1 of 2021
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