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personal!liability!for!his!actions.!
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70! No!criminal!or!civil!suit!shall!be!filed!against!any!
person!responsible!to!discharge!the!provisions!of!this!
Act,!where!his!action!was!carried!out!in!good!faith!
whilst!undertaking!the!responsibilities!of!this!Act.!
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71! (a)! Where!the!Information!Officer!commits!any!of!
the!following,!the!Information!Commissioner!
must!impose!a!fine!on!him,!of!not!more!than!
5000!(five!thousand)!Rufiyaa.!
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(1)! Refusal!to!accept!a!request!for!access!to!
information!without!justifiable!reason;!
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(2)! Refusal!to!provide!access!to!information,!
without!justifiable!reason,!within!the!
time!limits!prescribed!in!this!Act;!
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(3)! Refusal!to!provide!information!with!bad!
intent;!
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(4)! providing!incomplete!or!misleading!or!
incorrect!information!
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(b)! The!Information!Commissioner!must!order!a!
state@office!to!take!disciplinary!measures!
against!an!Information!Commissioner!as!having!
repeatedly!breached!provisions!prescribed!in!
this!Act.!
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(c)! The!Information!Commissioner!has!the!power!
to!charge!a!fine!of!not!more!than!25,000!
(twenty@five!thousand)!Rufiyaa!for!the!
following!matters:!
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(1)! Where!the!state@office!or!the!Information!
Officer!obstructs!duties!to!be!carried!out!
under!this!Act;!
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(2)! Obstruction!of!the!duties!to!be!carried!
out!by!the!Information!Commissioner!
under!this!Act;!
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(3)! Destroying!information!subject!to!a!
request!of!access,!with!bad!intent;!
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(4)! Misappropriation!or!tempering!with!
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