Business Name Registration Act Kenya

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Business name registration act kenya. Business name registrations are commonly referred to as sole proprietorships bn2 or partnerships and are registered under the business names act. An act to repeal and re enact with amendments the business registration act chapter 32 of the 2004 revised edition so as to provide for the registration of persons carrying on business in singapore and their business names to make consequential and related amendments to certain other written laws and for matters connected therewith. The electronic platform enables members of the public to make their applications online thus removing the need to physically present themselves at the brs facilities or huduma centres in effect reducing the number of steps taken when registering a business entity which will improve.

29th september 1951 date of commencement. This is the most common business registration process for small businesses and partnerships in kenya. Currently all new registrations of companies business names and limited liability partnerships are done online.

The business name is not a legal entity. Name search reservation. Business registration in kenya is commonly referred to as sole proprietorship s bn2 or partnerships and are registered under the business names act.

29th september 1951 an act of parliament to make provision for the registration of firms individuals and corporations carrying on business under a business name and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith. New registration llp 1. The company registry requires that a name search be conducted and approved before the registration process of any local business.

An act of parliament to establish the business registration service to ensure effective administration of the laws relating to the incorporation registration operation and management of companies partnerships and firms and for connected purposes enacted by the parliament of kenya as follows part i preliminary 1 this act may be cited as the business registration short title and. The business registration service act 2015 establishes business registration service brs as a semi autonomous body under the office of the attorney general and department of justice. Chapter 499 registration of business names act.

The business registration services act 2015 establishes the business registration service brs to streamline effective administration of the laws relating to the incorporation registration operation and management of companies partnerships and firms. Cr 1 cr 2 cr 8 statement of. Registering a business name in kenya.