proceedings under this Act shall be taken against any person in respect of such default
prior to the expiration of the time within which the firm or person is required by the
Registrar under this section to furnish such particulars.
18. Registrar to file statement and issue certificate of registration On receiving
any statement or statutory declaration made in pursuance of this Act, the Registrar shall,
subject to the provisions of section 9 cause the same to be filed, and he shall send by
post or deliver a certificate of the registration thereof to the firm or person registering and
the certificate or certified copy thereof shall be kept in a conspicuous position at the
principal place of business of the firm or individual, and if not kept Schedule so exhibited
every partner in the firm, or the person as the case may be, shall be liable upon
conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings.
19. Index to be kept
At the register office, the Registrar shall keep an index of all the firms and
persons registered at that office under this Act.
20. Removal of names from register
(1) If any firm or individual registered under
this Act ceases to carry on business, it shall be the duty of the persons who were
partners in the firm at the time when it ceased to carry on business or of the individual or
if he is dead of his personal representative, within three months after the business has
ceased to be carried on, to send by post or deliver to the Registrar notice in the
prescribed form that the firm or individual has ceased to carry on business, and if any
person whose duty is to give such notice fails to do so within such time as aforesaid, he
shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings:
Provided that the Registrar may in his absolute discretion on reasonable cause
therefor being shown, extend such time as aforesaid to such time as he may think fit.
(2) On receipt of such a notice as aforesaid the Registrar may remove the firm or
individual from the register.
(3) Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that any firm or
individual registered under this Act is not carrying on business he may send to the firm
or individual by registered post a notice, that, unless an answer is received to such
notice within six weeks from the date thereof, the firm or individual may be removed from
the register.
(4) If the Registrar either receives an answer from the firm or individual to the
effect that the firm or individual is not carrying on business or does not within six weeks
after sending the notice receive an answer, he may remove the firm or individual from
the register.
21. Inspection of statements registered
(1) At any time after the expiration of six months from the passing of this Act or of
such longer period, not being more than nine months from the passing of this Act, as the
President may by order direct, any person may inspect the documents filed by the
Registrar on payment of such fees as may be prescribed not exceeding two shillings for
each inspection; and any person may require a certificate of the registration of any firm
or person, or a copy of or extract from any registered statement to be certified by the
Registrar, and there shall be paid for such certificate of registration, certified copy or
extract such fees as may be prescribed not exceeding four shillings for the certificate of
registration, and not exceeding one shilling for each folio of seventy-two words, of the
entry, copy or extract.
(2) A certificate of registration, or a copy of or extract from any statement
registered under this Act, if duly certified to be a true copy or extract under the hand of
the Registrar shall, in all legal proceedings, civil or criminal, without proof that it is under
the hand of the Registrar, be received in evidence.