Section 33B of Limited Liability Partnership Act CAP 30: Duty of the Registrar on liquidation
(1) Where a limited liability partnership is in liquidation and— (a) the Registrar reasonably believes that—
(i) the affairs of the limited liability partnership are fully wound up; or
(ii) no liquidator is acting; and
(iii) the returns required to be made by the liquidator in respect of the limited liability partnership have not been made for six consecutive months,
(iv) the Registrar shall publish a notice in the Kenya Gazette and notify the limited liability partnership or the liquidator that at the end of the notice, the name of the limited liability partnership shall, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off from the Register and the partnership dissolved.
(2) Upon expiry of the period specified in the notice under subsection (1), the Registrar may, unless cause is shown to the contrary, strike off the name of the limited liability partnership from the register.
(3) After striking the name of the limited liability partnership off the Register under subsection (2), the Registrar shall publish a notice in the Kenya Gazette that the name of the limited liability partnership has been struck off from the Register.
(4) On publication of the notice under subsection (3), the limited liability partnership shall be deemed to be dissolved.
(5) Despite subsection (4)—
(a) any liability incurred by a manager and partner of the limited liability partnership shall continue to accrue to that manager or partner and may be enforced as if the limited liability had not been dissolved; and
(b) nothing in this section shall affect the power of the Court to liquidate a limited liability partnership which is struck off under this section.
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- Section 33F - Objection to striking off
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- Section 33G - Requirements to keep records after strike off
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- Section 33H - Restoration where strike off was by mistake
(1) The Registrar may restore the name of a limited liability partnership to theRegister if satisfied that the striking off is a result of a mistake of the Registrar.
(2) For purposes of subsection...
- Section 33I - Restoration by Court
(1) An application may be made to the Court to restore to the Register a limited liability partnership that has been struck from the Register.
(2) An application under subsection (1) may be made...
- Section 33J - Effect of restoration
(1) Where the name of a limited liability partnership is restored to the Register under this Act, the limited liability partnership shall be deemed to be in existence as if its name had not been...
- Section 33K - Registers
(1) The Registrar shall, subject to this Act, keep a register of limited liability partnerships.
(2) The Register shall comprise of—
(a) the information relating to limited liability partnerships...
- Section 33L - Rectification of register
(1) A person in respect of which an entry in a register—
(a) has been omitted;
(b) is incorrect; or
(c) has been included in error,
(d) may apply to the Registrar for rectification of the...
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(1) If a limited liability partnership becomes insolvent, the provisions of the Insolvency Act, 2015 (No. 18 of 2015), shall apply with respect to the conduct of the receivership or management of the...
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(2) A person who contravenes...
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(1) A person seeking to register a foreign limited liability partnership shall, in addition to the requirements under sections 17, 19 and 20 of this Act, make an application to the Registrar—
(a) in...
- Section 34C - Appointment of a local representative by a foreign Limited liability partnership
(1) A foreign limited liability partnership shall, for purposes of operating in
Kenya, appoint at least one local representative who shall be—
(a) a permanent resident in Kenya; or
(b) a Kenyan...
- Section 34D - Registered office
A foreign limited liability partnership shall have a registered office in Kenya to which all communications and notices may be addressed.
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- Section 34F - Cessation of business in Kenya
(1) A foreign limited liability partnership that ceases operations in Kenya shall within seven days of such cessation, lodge with the Registrar a notice of the cessation.
(2) The cessation of...
- Section 34G - Notice of liquidation or dissolution
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- Section 35 - Power of Cabinet Secretary to make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
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