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Defamation Act, 1970 🇰🇪

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Defamation Act, 1970

Act 10 of 1970

  • Assented to on 16 June 1970
  • Commenced on 1 January 1970
  • [This is the version of this document from 1 January 1970.]
An Act of Parliament to consolidate and amend the statute law relating to libel, other than criminal libel, slander and other malicious falsehoods

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Defamation Act, 1970.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"legislature", in relation to any part of the Commonwealth which is subject to a central and a local legislature, means either of those legislatures;"newspaper" means any paper containing public news or observations thereon, or consisting wholly or mainly of advertisements, which is printed for sale, and which is published in Kenya either periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding thirty-six days;"parliamentary report" means a report, paper, notes or proceedings purporting to be published by the order or under the authority of the …

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