Chapter Two
ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION
Section I
Access to Official and Administrative Public Information
Access to Official Public Information
Article 12. (1) Access to any official information, which is contained in statutory instruments, shall be ensured by
means of promulgation of the said instruments.
(2) Access to any other official information, where so provided by a law orby decision of the creating authority, shall be
ensured by means of promulgation.
(3) Access to any official information other than such covered under Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be unrestricted and
shall be obtained according to the procedure established by this Act.
(4) When requested to grant access to any official information which has been promulgated, the competent public
authority shall be obligated to citethe publication where the said information has been promulgated, the issue and the date of
publication.
Access to Administrative Public Information
Article 13. (1) Access to administrative information shall be unrestricted.
(2) Access to administrative information may be restricted where the said information:
1. is related to the internal preparation of the acts of the public authorities and has no relevance of its own (opinions and
recommendations developed by or for the public authority, observations and advice);
2. contains opinions and positions adopted in connection with present or future negotiations conducted by the public
authority or on behalf thereof,as well as data pertaining to such opinions and positions, and has been prepared by the
administrations of the relevant public authorities.
(3) (Amended, SG No. 45/2002) The restriction under Paragraph (2) shall be inapplicable upon the lapse of two years
after the creation of any such information.
(4) (New, SG No. 104/2008) Access to administrative public information may not be restricted if there is an overriding
public interest.
Obligation to Disclose Public Information
Article 14. (1) The public authorities shall inform the public of the operation thereof by means of publication or
announcement in another form.
(2) The public authorities shall be obligated to announce any information collected or obtained thereby in the performance
of the operation thereof, where the said information:
1. may avert a danger to the life, health and safety of members of the public or of the property thereof;
2. denies any untrue information which has been disseminated and which affects significant public interest;
3. the disclosure thereof is or could be in the public interest;