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Prioritizing!the!
Right!to!
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Enforcement!date!
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(d)! Regulations!to!be!formulated!under!this!action!
shall!be!enacted!and!publicized!within!6!months!
from!the!date!this!Act!is!implemented!and!
published!in!the!Government!Gazette.!
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74! In!enforcing!and!interpreting!provisions!of!this!Act,!
the!onus!shall!be!on!the!interest!of!fully!enabling!the!
right!to!information.!
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75! This!Act!shall!come!into!force!6!(six)!months!after!it!is!
passed,!assented!and!is!published!in!the!Government!
Gazette.!
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76! In!this!Act,!unless!stated!otherwise:!
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“Information!Commissioner”!refers!to!the!
Information!Commissioner!appointed!under!this!Act!
or!the!body!or!party!entrusted!with!his!
responsibilities.!
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“Information!Officer”!refers!to!the!employee!or!
employees!designated!by!the!highest!officer!of!the!
state@office,!from!among!the!employees!at!the!state@
office!who!are!not!in!the!rank!of!high@ranking!
officials,!appointed!to!undertake!the!responsibilities!
mentioned!in!section!36!of!this!Act,!at!state@office!
level;!
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“Information”!refers!to!any!kind!of!information,!or!
any!information!produced!at!any!given!date,!or!any!
information!produced!at!any!given!party,!or!any!
information!stored!in!any!device,!held!and!
maintained!by!a!state@office,!and!that!which!does!not!
belong!to!a!third!party;!
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“person”!shall!include!natural!and!legal!personalities;!
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“Review!Committee”!refers!to!the!committee!formed!
under!section!41!(a)!of!this!Act,!consisting!of!more!
than!3!people!from!among!high@ranking!officials!of!a!
state@office,!entrusted!to!review!an!appeal!a!decision!
made!by!an!Information!Officer.!
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“State@Office”!shall!include!the!executive,!the!
legislature!and!the!judiciary,!independent!
institutions,!independent!offices,!security!services!
and!councils!elected!under!the!Constitution.!Also!
included!are!those!bodies!party!to!any!state!
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