Freedom Of Information

Cap. 13 · Revised Edition 2020 · 49 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Commencement
s. 3Interpretation
s. 4Act not to apply to courts and registries
s. 5Office of the Governor-General not to be deemed to be a Department
s. 6Publication of information concerning documents
s. 7Certain documents to be available for inspection and purchase
s. 8Unpublished documents not to prejudice public
s. 9Right of access
s. 10Procedure for obtaining access to certain documents
s. 11Access to documents apart from this Act
s. 12Requests for access
s. 13Transfer of requests
s. 14Requests involving use of computers, etc
s. 15Access to documents to be given on request
s. 16Time within which formal requests to be decided
s. 17Forms of access
s. 18Deferment of access
s. 19Deletion of exempt matter
s. 20Decision to be made by authorized persons
s. 21Reasons and other particulars of decisions to be given
s. 21ASecrecy provisions in public contracts prohibited and invalidated
s. 21BPunishment for refusal or neglect to provide access
s. 22Documents affecting national security, defence and international relations
s. 23Cabinet documents
s. 24Documents affecting enforcement and administration of the law
s. 25Documents to which secrecy provisions of enactments apply
s. 26Repealed
s. 27Repealed
s. 28Documents affecting legal proceedings or subject to legal professional privilege
s. 29Repealed
s. 30Documents affecting national economy
s. 31Repealed
s. 32Documents the disclosure of which would be contempt of National Assembly or contempt of court
s. 33State privilege in judicial proceedings not affected
s. 34Duty of authorities to act in good faith
s. 35Applications to Ombudsman
s. 36Internal review
s. 37Time for application to Ombudsman
s. 38Burden of proof
s. 39Power of Ombudsman to make orders
s. 40Production of exempt documents
s. 41Evidence of certificates
s. 42Power of Ombudsman in relation to witnesses, etc
s. 43Appeals against Ombudsman’s decisions
s. 44Protection against actions for defamation or breach of confidence
s. 45Protection in respect of offences
s. 46Reports to National Assembly
s. 47Regulations