Establishment!of!
the!Office!of!the!
Commissioner!of!
Information!
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Appointment!of!
Information!
Commissioner!
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Unofficial)translation)
43! (a)!
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On!the!day!this!Act!comes!into!force,!an!office!
titled!‘the!Information!Commissioner’s!Office’!is!
hereby!established.!
(b)! The!Information!Commissioner’s!Office!shall!be!
an!independent!legal!entity!possessing!a!
separate!seal,!having!the!right!to!sue!and!be!
sued!in!its!own!name,!and!having!the!right!to!
communicate!in!its!own!name.!
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(c)! In!establishing!the!Information!Commissioner’s!
Office!stated!in!subsection!(a)!of!this!section!
priority!shall!be!given!in!utilizing!the!state!
resources!and!employees.!
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44! (a)! The!Information!Commissioner!shall!be!
appointed!by!the!President,!in!accordance!with!
this!section.!
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(b)! Wherever!the!need!to!appoint!the!Information!
Commissioner!arises,!the!President!shall!
propose!to!the!People’s!Majlis!at!least!three!
names.!
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(c)! The!names!that!are!submitted!to!the!People’s!
Majlis!in!accordance!with!subsection!(b)!of!this!
section!shall!comprise!of!those!names!that!the!
President!selected!from!among!the!people!who!
answered!a!public!announcement.!The!
President!shall!also!forward!to!the!People’s!
Majlis,!for!its!information,!the!names!of!all!other!
respondents!to!the!said!public!announcement.!
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(d)! The!President!shall!appoint!as!Information!
Commissioner!the!person!whose!name!is!
passed!by!a!majority!of!those!present!at!a!
session!of!People’s!Majlis!from!the!names!
submitted!to!the!Majlis!by!the!President!in!
accordance!with!subsection!(b)!of!this!Section.!
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(e)! Upon!implementation!of!this!Act,!the!President!
shall!submit!the!names!for!the!proposed!
Information!Commissioner!to!the!People’s!
Majlis!within!15!(fifteen)!days!of!the!
implementation!of!this!Act.!And!the!People’s!
Majlis!shall!decide!on!nominating!a!person!to!
the!position!within!30!(thirty)!days!of!the!
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