ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Contempt of Court Act
10. The strict liability rule
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
10. The strict liability rule
(1)In this Act "the strict liability rule" means the rule of law whereby conduct may be treated as a contempt of court as tending to interfere with the course of justice in particular legal proceedings regardless of intent to do so.(2)The strict liability rule applies only in relation to publication, and for this purpose "publication" includes any speech, writing, broadcast or other communication in whatever form, which is addressed to the public at large or any section of the public.(3)A person shall be strictly liable for contempt of court in any case where the person does any act which interferes or tends to interfere with the course of justice in relation to any judicial proceedings.(4)For purposes of subsection (3), it shall be immaterial whether the interference was not intentional.