ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Evidence Act
78. Photographic evidence—admissibility of certificate.
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
78. Photographic evidence—admissibility of certificate.
(1)In criminal proceedings a certificate in the form in the First Schedule to this Act, given under the hand of an officer appointed by order of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the purpose, who shall have prepared a photographic print or a photographic enlargement from exposed film or an electronic and digital medium submitted to him, shall be admissible, together with any photographic prints, photographic enlargements and any other annex referred to therein, and shall be evidence of all facts stated therein.(2)The court may presume that the signature to any such certificate is genuine.(3)When a certificate is received in evidence under this section the court may, if it thinks fit, summon and examine the person who gave it.