ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) 58 …31 59 …32 60 …33 61 …34 PART XI REGULATION OF MASS MEDIA SERVICES 62 …35 63 Application of Part XI This Part shall apply to all mass media owners in Zimbabwe and foreign mass media that disseminate mass media products in Zimbabwe. 64 Abuse of freedom of expression36 A person registered in terms of this Part who makes use, by any means, of a mass media service for the purposes of publishing— (a) information which he or she intentionally or recklessly falsified in a manner which— (i) threatens the interests of defence, public safety, public order, the economic interests of the State, public morality or public health; or (ii) is injurious to the reputation, rights and freedoms of other persons; or (b) information which he or she maliciously or fraudulently fabricated; or (c) any statement— (i) threatening the interests of defence, public safety, public order, the economic interests of the State, public morality or public health; or (ii) injurious to the reputation, rights and freedoms of other persons; in the following circumstances— A. knowing the statement to be false or without having reasonable grounds for believing it to be true; and B. recklessly, or with malicious or fraudulent intent, representing the statement as a true statement; 31 Section repealed by s. 8 of Act 5/2003. 32 Section repealed by s. 8 of Act 5/2003. 33 Section repealed by s. 8 of Act 5/2003. 34 Section repealed by s. 8 of Act 5/2003. 35 Section repealed by s. 8 of Act 5/2003. 36 Section substituted by s. 9 of Act 5/2003. 29

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