Branding of Stock Act
35. Evidence
35. Evidence
On the trial of any person for the theft of any hide or stock or for receiving any hide or stock or any part thereof knowing or having reason to believe the same to have been stolen, it shall be competent for the prosecution to give evidence that the brand upon the hide or animal alleged to have been stolen is the brand of the person alleged to have been the owner of such hide or animal or of some person through or from whom such owner derived his right to such animal, and a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the registrar or a copy of the Gazette containing the publication of such owner’s brand shall constitute prima facie proof of the facts therein alleged.Source: Kenya Law