Societies Act, 1968 🇰🇪

Kenya

Preface

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

3. Societies established in Kenya

Part II – UNLAWFUL SOCIETIES

4. Unlawful societies

5. Managing unlawful society

6. Being member of unlawful society

7. Prohibition of specified acts by or on behalf of certain societies

Part III – REGISTRATION AND EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION

8. Appointment of Registrar of societies and other officers

9. Society to apply for registration or exemption

10. Manner of effecting registration or exemption from registration

11. Refusal of registration

12. Cancellation or suspension of registration

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Part IV – CONDUCT AND ADMINISTRATION OF SOCIETIES

16. Office and postal address

17. Change of officers or title of office

18. Disputes as to officers

19. Contents of constitution or rules

20. Registered society to obtain consent of Registrar before amending name, constitution, etc.

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Part V – WINDING-UP

33. Liquidation of certain societies

34. Procedure when the Society is solvent

35. Procedure if society is insolvent

36. Supplementary provisions relating to the liquidation of society

37. Part not to apply to forfeited property

Part VI – INVESTIGATION OF OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS

38. Power to investigate

39. Powers of entry, arrest and search

40. Offences cognisable

41. Proceedings against societies

42. General penalty

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Part VII – EVIDENCE

44. Admissibility of certified copies and extracts

45. General presumptions

46. Presumption of membership and existence of society

47. Evidence of membership of unlawful society

Part VIII – GENERAL

48. Inspection of documents by public

49. Orders binding if served

50. Service of summons

51. Exemption

52. Indemnification of public officers

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Schedule 2

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Societies Act, 1968

Act 4 of 1968

Assented to on 6 February 1968
Commenced on 16 February 1968
[This is the version of this document from 16 February 1968.]

An Act of Parliament to make provision for the registration and control of societies and to repeal the societies act

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

This Act may be cited at the Societies Act.

2. Interpretation

(1)In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—"Cabinet Secretary” means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to societies;"constitution or rules" includes regulations or by-laws of a society registered or exempted from registration before the commencement of this Act;"exempted society" means any society for the time being exempted from registration under this Act;"liquidator" means a liquidator appointed under section 33;"officer", in relation to a society, means the president, vice-president, chairman, deputy chairman, secretary or treasurer thereof, or any memb…

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Societies Act, 1968

Act 4 of 1968

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

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