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 41

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