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ACT NO. 9 OF 2018
I assent.
J. K. KONROTE
President
[18 May 2018]
AN ACT
TO GIVE EFFECT TO SECTIONS 25 AND 150 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE REPUBLIC OF FIJI, TO FACILITATE THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO
INFORMATION HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AGENCIES,
TO CORRECT OR DELETE FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION THAT
DIRECTLY AFFECTS A PERSON, TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO INFORMATION
AND FOR RELATED MATTERS
ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji—
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Information Act 2018.
(2) This Act comes into force on a date or dates appointed by the Minister by notice in
the Gazette, provided however that the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, prescribe
different dates as to when this Act comes into force with respect to a public agency.
Interpretation
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Commission” means the Accountability and Transparency Commission
established under section 121 of the Constitution;