(g)
"Chief" means the Chief of a Public Body.
(h)
"Commission" means the National Information Commission constituted in
pursuant to Section 11.
(i)
"Chief Information Commissioner" means a person appointed pursuant to
Section 11.
(j)
"Information Commissioner" means a person appointed pursuant Section
11.
(k)
"Prescribed" or "as prescribed" means prescribed or as prescribed in Rules
framed under this Act.
Chapter- 2
Right to Information and Provision Regarding the Flow of Information
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Right to Information: (1) Every citizen shall, subject to this Act have the right
to information.
(2) Every citizen shall have access to the information held in the public
Bodies.
(3) Notwithstanding anything provided in Sections (1) and (2), the
information held by a Public Body on the following subject matters shall not be
disseminated:
(a) which seriously jeopardizes the sovereignty, integrity, national
security, public peace, stability and international relations of Nepal.
(b) which directly affects the investigation, inquiry and prosecution of a
crime.
(c) Which seriously affects on the protection of economic, trade or
monetary interest or intellectual property or banking or trade
privacy.
(d) Which directly jeopardizes the harmonious relationship subsisted
among various cast or communities.
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