The Access to Information Act, 2016
resources (with regard to said funds,
functions, services or resources); or
(b)
is in possession of information which
is of significant public interest due to
its relation to the protection of human
rights, the environment or public health
and safety, or to exposure of corruption
or illegal actions or where the release
of the information may assist in
exercising or protecting any right;
―public entity‖ means—
(a)
any public office, as defined in Article
260 of the Constitution; or
(b)
any entity performing a function within
a commission, office, agency or other
body
established
under
the
Constitution;
―public officer‖ has the same meaning assigned to it
by Article 260 of the Constitution;
―public record‖ includes any record in written or any
other form containing information relating to the conduct of
the public entity’s business, prepared, owned, used or
retained by a public entity regardless of physical form or
characteristics;
―secretary‖ has the meaning assigned to it by section 2
of the Commission on Administrative Justice Act, 2011;
―State‖ has the meaning assigned to it under Article
260 of the Constitution‖.
Object and
purpose of the
Act.
3. The object and purpose of this Act is to—
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