The Access to Information 2212 Bill,2015 before making the disclosure, complied with the provisions'of subsection (3). 17. (1) In this section, "records" means documents or other sources of information compiled, recorded or stored in written form or in any other manner and includes electronic records; Management records. of (2) Every public entity shall keep and maintain- (a) records that are accurate, authentic, have integrity and useable; and (b) its records in a manner which facilitates the right of access to information as provided for in this Act. (3) At a minimum, to qualify to have complied with the duty to keep and maintain records under subsection (2), every public entity shall(a) create and preserve such records as are necessary to document adequately its policies, decisions, procedures, transactions and other activities it undertakes pertinent to the implementation of its mandate; (b) ensure that records in its custody, including those held in electronic form, are maintained in good order and condition; and (c) not later than three years from the date from which this Act begins to apply to it, computerize its records and information management systems in order to facilitate more efficient access to information. 18. (1) Where an application to access information has been made to a public entity under section 7 and the applicant would have been entitled, subject to payment of any fee, to provision of any information in accordance with that section, ffiy person to whom this section applies commits an offence if he alters, defaces, blocks, erases, destroys or conceals any record held by the public entity, with the intention of preventing the disclosure by that entity of all, or any part, of the information provision of which the applicant would have been entitled. (2) Subsection (1) applies to the public entity and to any person who, is employed by, is an officer of, or is subject to the direction of, the public entity. Offence of alteration, defacement, blocking, erasure, etc.