(2) A person requesting a review in terms of this Part shall make such request, in writing, to the Commission.
(3) A request for a review of a decision of the head of a public body in terms of subsection (1) shall be made
within thirty days from the date of the decision:
Provided that the Commission may allow a longer period upon a request made to the Commission for the extension of the period.
55 Notice of review
The Commission shall, on receiving a request for a review, give a copy of the request to the head of the public
body and any other person that the Commission considers appropriate
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[Section repealed by section 8 of Act 5 of 2003]
57 Onus of proof
(1) At an inquiry into a decision to refuse an applicant access to all or part of a record, the head of the public
body shall bear the onus of proving that the applicant has no right of access to the r ecord or part thereof.
(2) If the record or that part that the applicant is refused access to contains personal information about a third
party, the applicant shall bear the onus of proving that disclosure of the information would not be an unreasonable
invasion of the third party’s personal privacy.
(3) At an inquiry into a decision to give an applicant access to all or part of a record containing information
that relates to a third party, the third party shall bear the onus of proving that the applicant has no right of access to
the record or part thereof.
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[Sections repealed by section 8 of Act 5 of 2003]
PART XI
R EGULATION OF MASS MEDIA SERVICES
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[Section repealed by section 8 of Act 5 of 2003]
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 expression
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;
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level fourteen or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding three years.
[Section substituted by section 9 of Act 5 of 2003]
65 Restriction on ownership of mass media service
(1) The following persons and bodies may not be mass media owners—
(a) any individual who is not a citizen of Zimbabwe or any body corporate in which a controlling interest is
not held, directly or indirectly, whether through any individual, company or association or otherwise, by
one or more individuals who are citizens of Zimbabwe;
(b) an association of persons or an organisation whose activity is banned or prohibited by law; or
(c) any person who is insolvent or bankrupt under a law in force in Zimbabwe or any other country, and has
not been rehabilitated or discharged.