Placement of information on the internet portal assessing the effectiveness of state bodies’ activities is done according to the order, established by a designated body in the sphere of informatization in accordance with a central designated body on state planning. Article 18. Appealing unlawful limitation of the right for access to information 1. Unlawful limitation of the right for access to information may be appealed to a higher state body (a higher rank official) or to a court. 2. An appeal of actions (inactions) of state officials and also state bodies’ decisions is to be addressed to a higher rank official or an body or a court not later than three months from the day when a person learnt that an action was done or decision taken by a relevant state official or an body. Missing a deadline for bringing an appeal will not serve as a reason to deny the admittance of the appeal by a state body or a state official or a court. The reasons for missing the deadline will be revealed during the consideration of the appeal and may become one of the basis for denying the appeal. Article 19. Commission on issues of access to information In order to account for and defend public interests in the field of access to information, and also in order to satisfy the demands of information users, a consultative-advisory body – Commission on issues of access to information is formed within the structure of a designated body, determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Activity of the Commission on issues of access to information is performed on the basis of transparency and openness when discussing and deciding questions within its competence. Regulation on the order of activities of the Commission on issues of access to information is approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Article 20. Responsibility for violating the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on access to information Violation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on access to information results in responsibility established by laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Article 21. Order of entering into force of this Law The present Law enters into force ten days after its first official publication, except for paragraph 3 of article 10 and paragraph 5 of article 17, which will come into force on 1 January 2017. President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. NAZARBAYEV Astana, Akorda, 16 November 2015 № 401-V ЗРК