Access%to%information%Final%Draft%law% December%2013%submitted%to%the%president%office%% % Chapter%1%–%General%provisions! Article%1:!Definitions! For!the!purpose!of!applying!the!provision!of!this!law!the!following!words!and!phrases!have!the!following! meanings!unless!the!context!indicates!otherwise:! The!Country:!the!state!of!Palestine! The!commission:!the!general!commission!of!information! The!commissioner:!the!Commissioner=General!of!Information! The!institution:!Any!ministry!or!body!or!a!public!institution!or!a!company!that!operates!a!public!facility! or!a!local!body!or!a legislative!or!judicial!or!executive!or!supervisory!insititution,!or!public!prosecutor!or! public!companies!or!any!other!party!that!the!Commissioner!General!considers!as!a!an!institution!for!the! purposes!of!the!implementation!of!this!law.! The!competent!employee:!!the!assigned!employee!by!the!public!institution!to!look!into!the!requests!of! information.! Information:!Data!and!existing!data!or!saved!by!any!means,!whether!records!or!documents!written!and! preserved!electronically,!or!graphics,!or!maps,!or!tables,!or!images,!or!movies,!or!microfilm,!or!audio! recordings,!or!videos,!or!graphics,!or!any!data!read!on!special!equipment,!or!other!forms!of!information! that!the!Commissioner=General!sees!it!within!the!scope!of!the!information!in!accordance!with!this!law.! Publishing: enabling!the!access!in!an!easy!form!and!style!to!the!public,!which!includes!printing,!radio!and! electronic!communication!messages!or!other!modes!of!access,!or!those!known!to!be!known!in!the! future. ! Article%2:!Aim!of!this!law:!this!law!aims!to!achieve!the!following:!! 1. Enable!persons!to!exercise!their!right!of!access!to!information!held!by!public!institutions,!in! accordance!with!the!provisions!of!this!Law.! 2. Organize!and!activate!the!free!flow!of!information!according!to!this!law’s!provisions! 3. strengthen!transparency!and!accountability!in!institutions!! ! Article%3:!Absolute!discloser!of!information:!All!information!shall!be!deemed!accessible!unless!exempt!in! the!provisions!of!this!Law.! !