No. 12
Media Services
2016
Service of process
and notices
61.-(1) Where any order or directives made or
given by the Board or Information Services Department
under this Act is not required to be published in the
Gazette, the order or directive shall be brought to the
notice of persons affected or likely to be affected by it in
any manner.
(2) If the order or directive in question is published
in Gazette, all persons shall be deemed to have notice of it.
Risk insurance and
social security
62.-(1) Every employer shall be required to provide
insurance and social security cover to every person
employed in the respective media house.
(2) Every freelancer or correspondent shall be
required to have personal risk insurance cover.
Obstructing of a
member of the
Board
63.-(1) A person who (a) without lawful justification, fails or refuses to
comply with a lawful direction of the Board;
(b) obstructs or hinders a member or the Board in
the exercise of powers under this Act;
(c) furnishes information or makes a statement to
the Board which he knows to be false or
misleading in any material particular; or
(d) when appearing before the Board for
examination, makes a statement which he
knows to be false or misleading in any
material particular,
commits an offence, and on conviction shall be liable to a
fine of five million shillings or imprisonment for a term of
one year, or to both.
(2) A person convicted of any subsequent offence
under this section shall be liable to a fine of ten million
shillings or imprisonment for a term of seven years.
Exemption on
liability to printers
64.-(1) A printer shall, when providing printing
services for print media, not be held liable for a seditious
or defamatory content, unless it is proved that he acted
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