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31. Protection of action taken in good faith.⎯No, suit, prosecution or
other legal proceedings shall lie against the Information Commission, the Chief
Information Commissioner, the Information Commissioners or any officers or
employee of the Information Commission, or officer-in-charge of any authority
or any other officer or employee there of it any body is affected by any
information made public or deemed to be made public in good faith under this
Act, or rules or regulations made there under.
32. Inapplicability of this Act in case of certain organisations and
institutions.⎯(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any provisions of this
Act, this Act shall not apply to the organisations and institutions which are
involved in state security and intelligence mentioned in the Schedule.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), this section shall
not apply to such information that are pertaining to corruption and violation of
human rights in the above-mentioned organisations and institutions.
(3) On receipt of any request for information under sub-section (2), the
concerned organisation or institution shall, subject to the approval of the
Information Commission, provide the applicant with the requested information
within 30 (thirty) days from the date of receipt of such request.
(4) The Government if necessary may, in consultation with the Information
Commission, amend the Schedule increasing or decreasing the number of
organisations and institutions mentioned in the Schedule by a notification
published in the official Gazette from time to time.
33. Power to make rules.⎯For the purposes of this Act, the Government
may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules in consultation with
information commission.
34. Power to make regulations.⎯For the purposes of this Act, the
Information Commission may, with the prior approval of the Government and by
notification in the official Gazette, make regulations.
35. Removal of ambiguity.⎯If any ambiguity arises in implementing any
provisions of this Act, the Government may, by notification in the official
Gazette and subject to consistency with the provisions of this Act, remove such
ambiguity.
36. Original and English Text.⎯The Original Text of this Act shall be in
Bangla and there shall be an authentic text of an authorised translation of it in
English :
Provided that in the event of conflict between the Bangla and the English
text, the Bangla text shall prevail.
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