Freedom of Information Act, 2020 Zimbabwe (2) Every person, including the Zimbabwean media, has the right of access to any information held by any person, including the State, in so far as the information is required for the exercise or protection of a right. (3) Every person has a right to the correction of information, or the deletion of untrue, erroneous or misleading information, which is held by the State or any institution or agency of the government at any level, and which relates to that person. (4) Legislation must be enacted to give effect to this right, but may restrict access to information in the interests of defence, public security or professional confidentiality, to the extent that the restriction is fair, reasonable, necessary and justifiable in a democratic society based on openness, justice, human dignity, equality and freedom."; AND WHEREAS it is desirable, in accordance with the Constitution, to make further provision in regard to access to information; NOW, THEREFORE, be it enacted by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe as follows— Part I – Preliminary 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act [Chapter 10:33]. 2. Interpretation In this Act— "applicant" means a person requesting access to information in terms of this Act; "Commission" means the Zimbabwe Media Commission established by section 248 of the Constitution; "entity" means a private entity, public entity, public commercial entity or statutory office; "information" includes but is not limited to any original or copy of documentary material irrespective of its physical characteristics, such as records, correspondence, fact, opinion, advice, memorandum, data, statistics, book, drawing, plan, map, diagram, photograph, audio or visual record, and any other tangible or intangible material, regardless of the form or medium in which it is held, in the possession or under the control of the entity to which a request is made under this Act; "information officer" means the principal officer of an entity or any such person designated by the principal officer to act on his or her behalf; "media" has the meaning given to it under the Zimbabwe Media Commission Act [Chapter 10:34]; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for information or any other Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act; "personal information" means information about an identifiable individual, and includes— (a) information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, well-being, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the individual; (b) information relating to the education or the medical, criminal or employment history of the individual or information relating to financial transactions in which the individual has been involved; (c) any identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to the individual; (d) the address, fingerprints or blood type of the individual; By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 2