Unofficial translation Amendments as of September 2014 (2) In cases of discrepancies between the provisions of the present law and of the Law on the Archive Fund of the Republic of Moldova, priority will be given to the provisions of the present law. Article 10. Rights of requesting parties (1) The person has the right to request, in person or through his/her representatives, from information providers, any information held by them, with the exception of cases specified by legislation. (2) The right of a person to have access to information, including personal data, may not be restricted except for cases specified by legislation. (3) Any person requesting access to information in accordance with the present law is under no obligation to justify his/her interest for the requested information. Article 11. Obligations of information providers (1) The information providers, within their competence, are obliged: 1) to actively provide accurate and timely information to citizens on issues of public and personal interest; 2) to provide free access to information; 3) to observe restrictions on access to information, as stipulated by law, in order to protect confidential information, private life of citizens, and the national security, 4) to observe the time limits set by law for providing information; 5) to publish their own normative acts, adopted in accordance with law; 6) to preserve, under the terms set by law, their own documents, the documents of institutions whose successors they have become, the documents that define their legal status; 7) to protect the information in their possession from unauthorized access, destruction or modification; 8) to preserve information controlled by them in the updated form; 9) to publish immediately, for the knowledge of the public at large, the information that has become known to them in the course of their activity, if such information: a) can prevent or diminish danger to citizen's life and health; b) can prevent or diminish the danger of damages of any type; c) can prevent the publication of untruthful information, or can diminish the negative impact from the publication of such information; d) is of outstanding importance to society. (2) In order to guarantee free access to official information, the information provider: