PART IV – REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC FORMS OF LEGAL ASSISTANCE

19. Lending of exhibits

(1) A request under this Act may seek to have an exhibit that was admitted in evidence in a proceeding in respect of an offence in a court in Kenya lent to a requesting state.

(2) An application made under subsection (1) shall—
(a) contain a description of the exhibit requested to be lent;
(b) designate a person or class of persons to whom the exhibit is sought to be given;
(c) state the reasons for the request, as well as contain a description of any tests that are sought to be performed on the exhibit and a statement of the place where the tests will be performed;
(d) state the place to which the exhibit is sought to be removed; and
(e) specify a period of time at or before the expiration of which the exhibit is to be returned.

(3) Where an exhibit is lend to a requesting state upon request made under subsection (1), the Central Authority shall notify a requesting state of—
(a) description of the exhibit;
(b) description of any tests thereby authorized to be performed on the exhibit, as well as a statement of the place where the tests will be performed; and
(c) the period of time of which the exhibit shall be returned.


20. Presumption of continuity

The burden of proving that an exhibit, lent to a requesting state pursuant to a request under section 19 and returned to Kenya, is not in the same condition as it was when the lending was made or that it was tampered with after the lending was made shall be on the party who makes that allegation and in the absence of that proof, the exhibit shall be deemed to have been continuously in the possession of an authorized person or authority.