Legislation & Opinion Department
Date: 17.07.2007
Law No.47/2007
Law on Securing the Right to Information Access
Article (1)
This Law shall be nominated “Law on Securing the Right to Information Access 2007”, and
come into force as of the date it is published in the Official Gazette.
Article (2)
Unless the context otherwise so requires, the following words and sentences wherever
mentioned in the present Law shall have the meanings attributed thereto below:
Information:
any oral or written data, written, copied, recorded or electronically
stored records, statistics or documents or stored by any other means
falling within the scope of the control or liability of the official in
charge.
Classified Documents: any oral information or written, printed, typed or electronically or
otherwise stored documents, documents printed on waxed or
copying paper, recording tapes or solar films, films, schemes or the
like that are classified as confidential or protected under the
provisions of the applicable legislations.
Ordinary Documents: any unclassified documents under the control or the liability of the
official in charge.
Department:
the ministry, department, authority, entity or any public institution,
public official institution or company that is in charge of the
management of a public facility.
Official in Charge:
the minister(s), chairman or director of the department.
Board:
Chairman:
the information board formed under the Provisions of the herein law.
the Chairman of the Board/Minister of Culture.
Information Commissioner: the Director of the National Library Department along with
his/her base position.
Article (3)
a. A board shall be formed by virtue of the herein Law under the name of (Information
Board), to be formed as follows:
1. Minister of Culture
Chairman
2. Information Commissioner
Vice-Chairman
3. Secretary General of Ministry of Justice
Member
4. Secretary General of Ministry of Interior
Member
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