Access to Information Act

1. (1) This Act applies to all information and records of Parliament, Ministries, departments of Government, local governments, statutory corporations and bodies, commissions and other Government organs and agencies, unless specifically exempted by this Act.
2. (2) This Act does not apply to-
3. (a) Cabinet records and the records of the committees of Cabinet;
4. (b) records of court proceedings before the conclusion of the case.
5. (3) Nothing in this Act detracts from the provisions of any other written law giving a right of access to a record of a public body.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (b) to give effect to Article 41 of the Constitution by providing the right to access to information held by organs of the State other than exempt records and information;
2. (c) to protect persons disclosing evidence of contravention of the law, maladministration or corruption in Government bodies;
3. (d) to promote transparency and accountability in all organs of the State by providing the public with timely, accessible and accurate information; and
4. (e) to empower the public to effectively scrutinise and participate in Government decisions that affect the public.

1. "currency point" has the value assigned to it in the Schedule to this Act;
2. "information" includes written, visual, aural and electronic information;
3. "information officer" means the chief executive of a public body;
4. "manual" means the manual of functions of, and index of records held by a public body, compiled under section 6;
5. "Minister" means the Minister to whom the functions of the Minister under this Act have for the time being been assigned by the President;
6. "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under section 46;
7. "privacy" means the right of a person to keep his or her matters and relationships secret;
8. "proprietary information" means information relating to any manufacturing process, trade secret, trademark, copyright, patent or formula protected by law or by international treaty to which Uganda is a party;

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Every citizen has a right of access to information and records in the possession of the State or any public body, except where the release of the information is likely to prejudice the security or sovereignty of the State or interfere with the right to the privacy of any other person.
2. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, information and records to which a person is entitled to have access under this Act shall be accurate and up-to-date so far as is practicable.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (b) the information officer's belief as to what the person's reasons are for requesting access.

1. (1) Within six months after the commencement of this section or the coming into existence of a public body, the information officer of the public body shall compile a manual containing-
2. (a) a description of the public body and the functions of the public body;
3. (b) the postal and street address, phone and fax number and electronic mail address of the information officer of the body and of every deputy information officer;
4. (c) the address of the established office of the public body at which the public may make requests and obtain information;
5. (d) sufficient detail, including the nature of all formal and informal procedures available to facilitate a request for access;
6. (e) a description of the subjects on which the body holds records and the categories of records held on each subject;
7. (f) the most recent notice published under section 7, if any, regarding the categories of records of the body which are available without a person having to request access under this Act;
8. (g) a description of the services available to members of the public from the body and how to gain access to those services;

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (i) for inspection under a written law other than this Act;
2. (ii) for purchase or copying from the public body; and
3. (iii) from the public body free of charge; and
4. (b) how to obtain access to those records.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. The Minister shall ensure the publication in every directory issued for general use by the public of the postal and street address, phone and fax number and electronic mail address of the information officer of every public body

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. For the purposes of this Act, the chief executive of each public body shall be responsible for ensuring that records of the public body are accessible under this Act

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1. (1) A request for access to a record or information shall be in writing in the prescribed form to the information officer of the public body in control of the record or information required and shall provide sufficient details to enable an experienced employee of the public body to identify the record or information.
2. (2) The form for a request of access prescribed under subsection (1) shall require the person requesting access-
3. (a) to provide sufficient particulars to enable the information officer to identify-
4. (i) the record or records requested; and
5. (ii) the person requesting the information;
6. (b) to indicate which applicable form of access referred to in section 19(2) is required;
7. (c) to specify the address of the person requesting the information; and
8. (d) if the request is made on behalf of a person, to state the capacity in which the person requesting the information is making the request.

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Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) Where a person informs the information officer that he or she wishes to make a request for access to a record of-
2. (a) the public body of that information officer; or
3. (b) another public body, the information officer shall render such reasonable assistance, free of charge, as is necessary to enable that person to comply with section 10.
4. (2) Where a person makes a request for access that does not comply with section 10, the information officer shall not refuse the request because of that non-compliance unless the information officer has-
5. (a) notified that person of an intention to refuse the request and stated in the notice-
6. (i) the reasons for the contemplated refusal; and
7. (ii) that the information officer or other official identified by the information officer would assist that person in order to make the request in a form that would remove the reasons for refusal;
8. (b) given the person a reasonable opportunity to seek the assistance referred to in paragraph (a) (ii);

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1. (1) Where a request for access is made to the information officer of a public body in respect of which-
2. (a) the record is not in the possession or under the control of that body but is in the possession of another public body; or
3. (b) the subject matter of the record is more closely connected with the functions of another public body than those of the public body of the information officer to whom the request is made, the information officer to whom the request is made shall, as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event within twenty-one days after the request is received-
4. (i) transfer the request to the information officer of the other public body; and
5. (ii) if the public body of the information officer to whom the request is made is in possession of the record and considers it is helpful to do so to enable the information officer of the other public body to deal with the request, send the record or a copy of the record to that information officer.
6. (2) Upon the transfer of a request for access, the information officer making the transfer shall immediately notify the person requesting access of-
7. (a) the transfer;
8. (b) the reasons for the transfer; and

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where a request for access is made to the information officer of a public body in respect of which-
2. (a) the record is not in the possession or under the control of the public body of that information officer and the information officer does not know which public body has possession or control of the record; or
3. (b) all reasonable steps have been taken to find a record requested; and
4. (c) there are reasonable grounds for believing that the record-
5. (i) is in the possession of the public body but cannot be found; or
6. (ii) does not exist, the information officer shall, in writing, notify the person that it is not possible to give access to that record.
7. (2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall give a full account of all steps taken to find the record in question or to determine whether the record exists, as the case may be, including all communications with every person who conducted the search on behalf of the information officer.
8. (3) For the purposes of this Act, the notice under subsection (1) is to be regarded as a decision to refuse a request for access to the record.

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where the information officer determines that access may be granted to a record but that record-
2. (a) is to be published within ninety days after the receipt or transfer of the request or such further period as is reasonably necessary for printing the record for the purpose of publishing it;
3. (b) is required by law to be published but is yet to be published; or
4. (c) has been prepared for submission to a public body, public officer or a particular person but is yet to be submitted, the information officer may defer giving access to the record.
5. (2) Where access to a record is deferred under subsection (1), the information officer shall notify the person concerned-
6. (a) that he or she may, within twenty-one days after that notice is given, make representations to the information officer why the record is required before the publication or submission; and
7. (b) of the likely period for which access is to be deferred.
8. (3) Where a person makes representations under subsection (2)(a), the information officer shall, after due consideration of those representations, grant the request for access only if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person will suffer substantial prejudice if access to the record is deferred for the period referred to in subsection (2)(b).

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) The information officer to whom a request for access is made or transferred shall, subject to section 16, as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event within twenty-one days after the request is received-
2. (a) determine in accordance with this Act, whether to grant the request; and
3. (b) notify the person requesting access of the decision and, if the person stated as required by section 10(2)(b), that he or she wishes to be informed of the decision in any other manner, inform him or her in that manner if it is reasonably possible.
4. (2) Where the request for access is granted, the notice under subsection (1)(b) shall state-
5. (a) the fee, if any, to be paid upon access;
6. (b) the form in which access will be given; and
7. (c) that the person requesting access may lodge an internal appeal or an application with the court, as the case may be, against the access fee to be paid or the form of access granted and the procedure, including the period, for lodging the internal application or appeal, as the case may be.
8. (3) Where the request for access is refused, the notice under subsection (1)(b) shall-

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) The information officer to whom a request for access has been made or transferred, may extend the period of twenty-one days referred to in section 15(1), in this section referred to as the "original period", once for a further period of not more than twenty-one days, if-
2. (a) the request is for a large number of records or requires a search through a large number of records and compliance with the original period would unreasonably interfere with the activities of the public body concerned;
3. (b) the request requires a search for records in, or collection of the records from, an office of the public body not situated in the same city, town or location as the office of the information officer that cannot reasonably be completed within the original period;
4. (c) more than one of the circumstances contemplated in paragraphs (a) and (b) exist in respect of the request, making compliance with the original period not reasonably possible; or
5. (d) the person requesting for the record consents in writing to the extension.
6. (2) Where a period is extended under subsection (1), the information officer shall, as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event within twenty-one days, after the request is received or transferred, notify the person requesting the record of the extension.
7. (3) A notice given under subsection (2) shall state-
8. (a) the period of the extension;

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. Where an information officer fails to give the decision on a request for access to the person concerned within the period contemplated under section 15, the information officer is, for the purposes of this Act, regarded as having refused the request

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where a request for access is made for a record containing information which is required or authorised to be refused under Part III of this Act, then every part of the record which does not contain any such information shall be disclosed notwithstanding any other provision of this Act.
2. (2) Where a request for access to-
3. (a) a part of a record is granted; and
4. (b) the other part of the record is refused, in accordance with subsection (1), section 15(2) applies to paragraph (a) of this subsection and section 15(3) applies to paragraph (b) of this subsection.

1. (1) Where a person has been notified under section 15(1) that the request for access has been granted, that person shall, subject to subsections (3) and (10)-
2. (a) where an access fee is payable, upon payment of that fee; or
3. (b) where no access fee is payable, immediately, be given access in the applicable forms referred to in subsection (2) as the person indicated in the request for access.
4. (2) The forms of access to a record in respect of which a request of access has been granted are-
5. (a) if the record is in written or printed form, by supplying a copy of the record or by making arrangements for the inspection of the record;
6. (b) if the record is not in written or printed form-
7. (i) in the case of a record from which visual images or printed transcriptions of those images are capable of being reproduced by means of equipment which is ordinarily available to the public body concerned, by making arrangements to view those images or be supplied with copies or transcriptions of them;
8. (ii) in the case of a record in which words or information are recorded in a manner that they are capable of being reproduced in the form of sound by equipment which is ordinarily available to the public body concerned-

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. An information officer shall refuse access to health records, the disclosure of which would constitute an invasion of personal privacy

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. Where the information officer receives a request for access to records or information, he or she shall ensure that the records or information concerned are properly preserved until the request is met and where there is an appeal, until all the procedures for appeal are exhausted

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (b) not applying to a particular record by reason that another provision of this Part also applies to that record.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) A person is entitled to access information or a record of a public body if that person complies with all the requirements in this Act relating to a request for access to that information or record; and access to that information or record is not prohibited by this Part.
2. (2) A request made under subsection (1) may be for information or records containing personal information relating to the person requesting the information.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the minutes of the meetings of Cabinet and its committees shall not be accessible to any person other than an authorised public officer.
2. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may by regulations made under section 46, prescribe the categories of records which shall or may be released after the expiration of seven years, fourteen years and twenty-one years respectively after the record came into existence.

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1. (1) Subject to subsection (2), an information officer may refuse a request for access if its disclosure would involve the unreasonable disclosure of personal information about a person, including a deceased individual.
2. (2) A person shall be granted access to a record referred to in subsection (1) insofar as the record consists of information-
3. (a) about a person who has consented in writing to its disclosure to the person requesting the record;
4. (b) that was given to the public body by the person to whom it relates and the person was informed by or on behalf of the public body, before it is given, that the information belongs to a class of information that would or might be made available to the public;
5. (c) that is already publicly available;
6. (d) about a person who is deceased and the person requesting the information is-
7. (i) the person's next of kin; or
8. (ii) making the request with the written consent of the person's next of kin; or

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the information officer shall refuse a request for access to a record if the record contains-
2. (a) proprietary information as defined by section 3;
3. (b) scientific or technical information, the disclosure of which is likely to cause harm to the interests or proper functioning of the public body; or
4. (c) information supplied in confidence by a third party, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected-
5. (i) to put that third party at a disadvantage in contractual or commercial negotiations; or
6. (ii) to prejudice that third party in commercial competition.
7. (2) A record may not be refused under subsection (1) insofar as it consists of information-
8. (a) that is already publicly available;

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Subject to subsection (2), an information officer-
2. (a) shall refuse a request for access if the disclosure of the record would constitute an action for breach of a duty of confidence owed to a third party in terms of an agreement; or
3. (b) may refuse a request for access to a record of the body if the record consists of information that was supplied in confidence by a third party-
4. (i) the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to prejudice the future supply of similar information, or information from the same source; and
5. (ii) if it is in the public interest, that similar information or information from the same source should continue to be supplied.
6. (2) A record may not be refused under subsection (1) insofar as it consists of information-
7. (a) that is already publicly available; or
8. (b) about the third party concerned that has consented in writing to its disclosure to the person requesting it.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (b) may refuse a request for access to a record of the body if the disclosure of the record is likely to prejudice or impair-
2. (i) the security of-
3. (A) a building, structure or system, including, but not limited to a computer or communication system;
4. (B) a means of transport; or
5. (C) any other property; or
6. (ii) methods, systems, plans or procedures for the protection of-
7. (A) a person in accordance with a witness protection scheme;
8. (B) the safety of the public or any part of the public;

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) An information officer-
2. (a) shall refuse a request for access to a record if access to that record would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial;
3. (b) may refuse a request to access if-
4. (i) the record contains methods, techniques, procedures or guidelines for-
5. (A) the prevention, detection, curtailment or investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law; or
6. (B) the prosecution of alleged offenders, and the disclosure of those methods, techniques, procedures or guidelines could reasonably be expected to prejudice the effectiveness of those methods, techniques, procedures or guidelines, or lead to the circumvention of the law or facilitate the commission of an offence;
7. (ii) the prosecution of an alleged offender is being prepared or about to commence or pending and the disclosure of the record could reasonably be expected-
8. (A) to impede that prosecution; or

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. An information officer shall refuse a request for access if the record is privileged from production in legal proceedings unless the person entitled to the privilege has waived the privilege

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) An information officer may refuse a request for access to a record of the body if its disclosure-
2. (a) is likely to prejudice the defence, security or sovereignty of Uganda;
3. (b) subject to subsection (3), is likely to prejudice the international relations of Uganda; or
4. (c) would reveal information supplied in confidence by or on behalf of another State or an international organisation.
5. (2) A record may not be refused under subsection (1)(b) if it came into existence more than twenty years before the request was made.
6. (3) A record contemplated in subsection (1), without limiting the generality of that subsection, includes a record containing information-
7. (a) relating to military tactics or strategy or military exercise or operations undertaken in preparation of hostilities or in connection with the detection, prevention, suppression or curtailment of subversive or hostile activities;
8. (b) relating to the quality, characteristics, capabilities, vulnerabilities or deployment of-

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No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) An information officer may refuse a request for access-
2. (a) if the record contains-
3. (i) an opinion, advice, report or recommendation obtained or prepared; or
4. (ii) an account of a consultation, discussion or deliberation that has occurred, including, but not limited to, minutes of a meeting, for the purpose of assisting to take a decision in the exercise of a power or performance of a duty conferred or imposed by law; or
5. (b) if the disclosure of the record could reasonably be expected to frustrate the deliberative process in a public body or between public bodies by inhibiting the-
6. (i) communication of an opinion, advice, report or recommendation; or
7. (ii) conduct of a consultation, discussion or deliberation.
8. (2) A record may not be refused in terms of subsection (1) if the record came into existence more than ten years before the request was made.

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1. (i) a substantial contravention of, or failure to comply with the law; or
2. (ii) an imminent or serious public safety, public health or environmental risk; and
3. (b) the public interest in the disclosure of the record is greater than the harm contemplated in the provision in question.

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1. (1) Where an information officer intends to disclose any record requested for that contains or which might contain-
2. (a) trade secrets of a third party;
3. (b) financial, commercial, scientific, or technical information that is confidential information supplied to the public body by the third party;
4. (c) information the disclosure of which could result in material financial loss or gain, prejudice the competitive position of the third party or interfere with contractual or other negotiations of the third party, the information officer shall, if the third party can be located, within twenty-one days after the request is received, give written notice to the third party of the request and the intention to disclose the record.
5. (2) The third party to whom a notice is required to be given under subsection (1) may waive the requirement; and where the third party consents to the disclosure, the third party shall be deemed to have waived the requirement.
6. (3) A notice given under subsection (1) shall-
7. (a) include the intention of the information officer to release the record;
8. (b) include a description of the content of the record, that it belongs to and was supplied by or relates to the third party; and

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Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) The third party to whom notice is given under section 34 shall make the representation within the period stated in the notice and the information officer shall within twenty-one days of the notice, make a decision whether or not to give access to the record.
2. (2) The representation made under subsection (1) shall be given in writing unless the information officer provides otherwise.
3. (3) The information officer shall give the third party notice of the decision made under subsection (1) and the notice shall include a statement-
4. (a) that the third party is entitled to request for a review of the decision; and
5. (b) that the person who requested for access will be given access unless a review is requested.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (b) taken under section 16(1) or 19(3), in relation to that person.

1. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the chief magistrate under section 34, may, within twenty-one days after the decision is communicated to him or her, appeal to the High Court against the decision of the chief magistrate

1. The Rules Committee shall, within six months after the commencement of this Act, make rules of procedure for the courts to regulate the procedure in respect of applications made under sections 34 and

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1. (1) Notwithstanding this Act or any other law, a court hearing an appeal against a decision, may examine any record of a public body to which this Act applies, and no such record may be withheld from the court on any grounds except whenever access to information is expressly prohibited by this Act or any other law.
2. (2) The court may not disclose to any person, including the parties to the proceedings concerned, other than the public body referred to in subsection (1)-
3. (a) any record of a public body which, on a request for access, may have been refused under this Act;
4. (b) if the information officer of a public body or the Inspector General of Government in refusing to grant access to a record refused to confirm or deny the existence or non-existence of the record, any information as to whether the record exists.
5. (3) The court under subsection (1) may-
6. (a) receive representation ex parte;
7. (b) conduct hearings in camera; and
8. (c) prohibit the publication of such information in relation to the proceedings as the court determines, including information in relation to the parties to the proceedings and the contents or orders made by the court in the proceedings.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) For the purposes of this Part, proceedings on application are civil proceedings.
2. (2) The rules of evidence applicable in civil proceedings apply to proceedings in an application under this Part.
3. (3) The burden of establishing that-
4. (a) the refusal of a request for access; or
5. (b) any decision taken under this Act, complies with the provisions of this Act rests on the party claiming that it complies.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (b) requiring an information officer to grant or deny access to a record of a public body;
2. (c) requiring the information officer or relevant authority of a public body to take such action or to refrain from taking such action as the court considers necessary within a period mentioned in the order;
3. (d) granting an interim or specific relief, a declaratory order or compensation; or
4. (e) as to costs.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Every Minister shall submit an annual report to Parliament on requests for access to records or information made to public bodies under his or her Ministry in relation to the relevant year, and shall indicate whether access was given or not, and if access was not given, state the reasons for denial.
2. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, the annual report referred to in subsection (1) may be included in the annual policy statement of the Ministry.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) A person shall not be subject to any legal, administrative or employment related sanction, regardless of any breach of a legal or employment obligation, for releasing information on wrongdoing, or information which would disclose a serious threat to health, safety or the environment, as long as that person acted in good faith and in the reasonable belief that the information was substantially true and disclosed evidence of wrongdoing or a serious threat to health, safety or the environment.
2. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), wrongdoing includes the commission of a criminal offence, failure to comply with a legal obligation, a miscarriage of justice, corruption or dishonesty, or maladministration regarding a public body.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (b) conceals a record; or
2. (c) falsifies a record or makes a false record, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred forty currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both.

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1. (1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations for-
2. (a) any matter which is required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed;
3. (b) any matter relating to the fees including the procedures and guidelines for determining when such fees should be waived or reduced;
4. (c) any notice required by this Act;
5. (d) forms for requests and places at which forms may be obtained;
6. (e) uniform criteria to be applied by the information officer when deciding which categories of records are to be made available in terms of section 7;
7. (f) prescribing the categories of information that an information officer may refuse to grant access to under sections 28, 29, 31 and 32;
8. (g) any administrative or procedural matter necessary to give effect to this Act.

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. The Minister may, by statutory instrument, with the approval of Cabinet, amend the Schedule to this Act Schedule (Sections 3, 47)

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.