The Access to Information Act, 2016
prescribed time, or within a reasonable time if no time
is prescribed, to correct, destroy or delete the
information, or to attach a statement to the
information in accordance with section 13,
commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not
exceeding one hundred thousand shillings, or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding six months, or both.
(5) Any person who is convicted of an offence under
section 18(3) after a request has been made for disclosure of
the information in question, with the intention of preventing
the disclosure of that information in response to that request
is liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand
shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two
years, or to both.
(6) Any relevant private body that fails to make publicly
available the name and contact details of its information
access officer or officers commits and offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand
shillings.
(7) Any relevant private body that is convicted, or any
officer of which is convicted of an offence under this Act, or
which, although not convicted is in serious breach of this Act
may, after a fair hearing, be debarred from entering into any
future contract with government under the laws relating to
matters of procurement and disposal.
(8) A person who—
(a) fails to attend before the Commission in accordance
with any summons or order issued under subsection
23 (1)(a);
(b) knowingly gives any false or misleading statement of
information to the Commission; or
(c) causes an obstruction or disturbance in the course of
any proceedings before the Commission,
commits an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a
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