PERU LAW OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION Amendment to Law No 27806 (Note from the Peruvian Press Council: text is integrated in accordance to the modifications indicated in the Modified Law of Transparency and Access to Public Information, promulgated on February 4, 20031) TITLE 1 GENERAL REGULATIONS Article 1 Scope of the Law The present law must promote the transparency of acts of State and regulate the fundamental right of access to information cited in section 5 of Article 2 of the Political Constitution of Peru. The right of access to information of Congressmen of the Republic is outlined in the Political Constitution of Peru and the Regulations of Congress. Article 2 Public Administration Entities For the purpose of the present Law, Public Administration entities are understood as the ones mentioned in Article 1 of Preliminary Law number 27444, Law of General Administrative Procedures. Article 3 Principle of Public Disclosure All activities and regulations of the entities that are part of the following law are subject to the Principle of Public Disclosure. Officials responsible for releasing information in their jurisdiction should plan an adequate infrastructure with organization, systematization, and publishing of information referred to in this Law. As a consequence: 1. All information owned by the State is presumed public with the exception of exemptions established in article 15 of the present Law. 2. The State will adopt basic measures that guarantee and promote transparency in the activities of Public Administration entities. 3. The state is obliged to submit the information requested by the people in accordance to the Principle of Public Disclosure. The public entity will designate an official responsible for releasing the requested information. Article 4 Responsibilities and Sanctions All Public Administration entities are required to follow what is established in the present law. The officials or public servants who do not follow the regulations in this law will be sanctioned for committing a major offense, possibly being criminally denounced by the commission of the Abuse of Authority as referenced in Article 377 of the Penal Code. Compliance with this law should not generate reprisals against the officials in charge of releasing the requested information. 1 Modifies “articles” 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 and the first transitory amendment, Complementary and Final dispositions and articles 15 -A, 15-B and 15-C from Law Number 27806 related to Transparency and Access to Public Information 1