ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Telegraphic Press Messages Act
5. Presumptions in prosecutions
Edition: 1964-12-12 · In force
5. Presumptions in prosecutions
In a prosecution under this Act the production of a document which—(a)purports to be a telegraphic message;(b)contains the intelligence published or supplied for publication; and(c)is addressed to and has been delivered to the person publishing or to some person on his behalf by an officer of the Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation or a telegraph company,shall be prima facie evidence that the message published or supplied for publication is a message published under the protection of this Act; and proof that any person is the responsible editor of a newspaper in which there has been publication contrary to the provisions of this Act shall be prima facie evidence that that person willfully caused the unlawful publication.