Section 25. Subject to section 14 and section 15, a person shall have the right to get access to personal
information relating to him. When such person makes a request in writing, the State agency in control of such
information shall allow him or his authorized representative to inspect or obtain a copy of the same. and section 9
paragraph two and paragraph three shall apply mutatis mutandis.
In the case where there exists a reasonable ground to disclose a medical report relating to any person, State
officials may disclose it only to doctors entrusted by such person.
A person who considers that any part of personal information relating to him is incorrect shall have the right to
make a request in writing to the State agency in control of such information to correct, alter or delete that part of
information. The State agency shall consider the request and notify its result to such person without delay.
In the case where the State agency fails to correct, alter or delete the information pursuant to the request. such
person shall have the right to appeal to the Information Disclosure Tribunal within thirty days as from the da!e of the
receipt of the notification of the order refusing to correct, alter or delete the same. The appeal shall be submitted
through the Board and, in any case, the person who is the subject of the information shall have the right to require
the State official to attach his request to the relevant part of the information.
Such persons as specified in the Ministerial Regulation shall have the right to take action under section 23,
section 24 and this section on behalf of a minor, an incompetent person, a quasi-incompetent person or the deceased
person who was the subject of the information.
CHAPTER IV
Historical information
Section 26. A State agency shall deliver official information, which it does not wish to keep or which is kept
beyond the period under paragraph two as from the date of completing such information, to the National Archives
Division, Fine Arts Department or other State agencies as specified in the Royal Decree, in order that it is selected
for public studies.
The period of delivery of the official information under paragraph one shall be classified as follows:
(1) in respect of official information under section 14, seventy-five years;
(2) in respect of official information under section 15, twenty years.
The period under paragraph two may be extended in the following cases:
(1) where the State agency still needs to keep the official information for its own use; provided that, it shall be
kept and made available for public studies as agreed upon with the National Archives Division, Fine Arts
Department;
(2) where State agency is of the opinion that such official information should not yet be disclosed; provided that,
an order extending the period shall be issued for each particular case and such order shall also specify the length of
extension which shall not exceed five years each.
The inspection or review of the extension of time in excess of necessity shall be in accordance with the rules and
procedure as prescribed in the Ministerial Regulation.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to official information the destruction of which is required or
allowed to be carried out by State agencies or Slate officials without need to keep it in accordance with the Rule
prescribed by the Council of Ministers.
CHAPTER V
Official Information Board
Section 27. There shall be the Official Information Board consisting of Minister entrusted by the Prime
Minister as Chairman, Permanent Secretary for the Office of the Prime Minister, Permanent Secretary for Defence,
Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Co-operatives, Permanent Secretary for Finance, Permanent Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, Permanent Secretary for Interior, Permanent Secretary for Commerce. Secretary-General of the
Council of State, Secretary-General of the Civil Service Commission, Secretary-General of the National Security
Council, Secretary-General of the House of the Representatives, Director of the National Intelligence Agency,
Director of the Bureau of the Budget and nine other qualified persons appointed by the Council of Ministers from
the public sector and the private sector as members.
The Permanent Secretary for the Office of the Prime Minister shall appoint a Government official of the Office
of the Permanent Secretary for the Office of the Prime Minister to act as Secretary and two others as Assistant
Secretaries.
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