ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Books and Newspapers Act
6. Copies of books to be delivered to the Registrar and returns to be made
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
6. Copies of books to be delivered to the Registrar and returns to be made
(1)The publisher of every book printed and published in the Colony shall—(a)before or within fourteen days after publication of the book, at his own expense deliver to the Registrar such number of copies thereof, not exceeding three in number, as may be prescribed, together with a return in respect thereof in the prescribed form, containing the prescribed particulars and signed by him;(b)if so required by the Registrar by notice in writing not later than one year after publication of the book, deliver to the Registrar, at his own expense and within one month after receipt of such notice, so many additional copies thereof, not exceeding three in number, as may be specified in the notice;(c)in order to facilitate the publication of the national bibliography of Kenya under section 4(k) of the Kenya National Library Service Board Act (Cap. 225), before or within fourteen days after publication of the book, at his own expense, deliver to the Director, Kenya National Library Service, two copies thereof, together with a return in respect thereof in the prescribed form, containing the prescribed particulars and signed by him.(2)In the case of an encyclopaedia, magazine, review, Gazette or other book (not being a newspaper) published periodically or in a series of numbers or parts, a notice under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section may relate to any or all issues, numbers or parts thereof which may be subsequently published in the Colony by the publisher to whom the notice is addressed.(3)All copies of a book delivered under subsection (1) of this section shall be copies of the whole book, with all maps, prints or other illustrations belonging thereto finished and coloured in the same manner as in the best copies of the same published in the Colony, and shall be bound, sewed or stitched together, and of the best paper on which the book is printed.(4)Nothing in this section shall apply to any second or subsequent edition of a book the required number of copies of the first or any preceding edition of which have been delivered to the Registrar under this section, unless the second or subsequent edition contains any addition or alteration, whether in the letterpress or in the maps, prints or other illustrations belonging thereto.(5)Upon receipt of a copy of a book delivered under this section the Registrar shall issue a written receipt therefor.(6)Upon receipt of a copy of a book delivered to him under subsection (1)(c), the Director, Kenya National Library Service, shall acknowledge receipt thereof in writing to the publisher.(7)The copies of books delivered to the Registrar under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall be kept for the purpose of record in such place or manner, or otherwise dealt with or disposed of in such manner or for such purposes, as may be prescribed; and the copies of books delivered to the Registrar under paragraph (b) of the said subsection (1) shall be sent by the Registrar to such persons or institutions as the Cabinet Secretary may from time to time direct.