PAR1 ll THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXI RA-, OCTOBER (0 t6,201? 1571 impose on the olEcial a lue equivalent to his salary for one day, for a maximum ofone hundred days" who has acted willfully to obsEuct any activiry which is requircd !o be undertakcn by this Act, or iDcluding preventing delaying the disclosure of inform4tion to an applica.nt; (e) appoint its employees in prcscribed manner; and (h) the Information Commission after determination of willful destruction of record shall refer such Datters to the relevant agencies. (2) Non-compliarce under clauses (e) and (0 of of a decision sub.section aS6inst within thirty days, be dealt (l) wilh in thc of the lnformalion Commission if it has not been appcaled msy, same wny as contempt ofcoun. 21. Funding for the Inford.tio! Commbsion.-Tie Fedcral to the Information Gowmment shall make annual bud8et6ry allocalion Commission to discharge its functions under this Act. 22. Offetr.es.-{ I ) Any person who acts willfully to obstruct the implcmcntetion ofthis Act including by- (a) (b) obstructing access to arry information or r€cord with a view to preventing the exercise ofa right provided for in this Act; obstructing Ge performance bt' a public body of a duty under this Act: (c) interfering with the uork ofthe lnformation Commissio6; or (d) destroying a rccord without lawlul aulhorily, shall be punishable with a fine nol exceedinS filir- thousand Rupees. (2) ln addition thal may be ta-ken under ary other willfully destroys a record which at the timc it was destroyed u'as thc subjcct of ar application for access to information or appeal or otherwise obsructs access to information which is the subject of an application or appeal, with the intention of preventing its disclosurc undcr this Acl, commits an offeDce punishable with imprisonment for a term which lay cxtend to two years or with finc uhich shall not be less than one hundred thousand Rup€€s or with both. 10 any other aclion law for the time being in force, afly pcrson who 23. ItrdeEDit,.-No suit, proscculion op legal proceedilgs shall lic againsl the principal officer, designated official or any other person of a puhlic body in rcspect ofanyhing which in good faith is done or purported to have been donc undcr this Act and the rules madc thereu der.

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