ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Books and Newspapers Act
11. Bond to be executed
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
11. Bond to be executed
(1)No person shall print any newspaper in Kenya, and no person shall publish any newspaper printed in the Colony, unless there is in force, duly executed, registered and delivered by him to the Registrar in the manner hereinafter provided, a bond in the prescribed form in the sum of one million shillings, with one or more sureties as may be required and approved by the Registrar, as security for or towards the payment of any monetary penalty or damages which may at any time be imposed upon or adjudged against him upon his conviction for any offence, under this Act or under any other written law, committed after the execution of the bond, and relating to the printing or publication of such newspaper or of any matter therein, and also for the payment of any damages and costs awarded against him in respect of any libel printed or published in the newspaper after the execution of the bond.(2)A bond shall be executed—(a)where the person required to execute it is a company, under the common seal of the company;(b)in other cases, in the presence of a magistrate, and of one other witness not being a party thereto, each of whom shall subscribe his name, his place of residence or business and his office, profession or occupation.(3)Every bond shall be registered under the Registration of Documents Act (Cap. 285) by or on behalf of the person executing it and shall then be delivered to the Registrar for custody.(4)A person required to execute a bond under this section may appeal to the Cabinet Secretary against any decision of the Registrar as to the number of sureties required in excess of one or disapproving any surety offered by such person.(5)A bond entered into under this section may be enforced before any magistrate in the same manner as a bail bond under the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75).