CYRILLA: Global Digital Rights Law

! ! Right&to&Information&Act& Introduction!and! Title! ! Objective! ! ! ! ! ! Unofficial)translation) & Chapter&One& Beginning&and&Introduction& & 1! (a)! This!Act!determines!the!principles!by!which!the! scope!of!the!right!to!information!in!the!Maldives! is!defined;!and!the!principles!by!which! providing!the!right!to!access!information! produced,!held!or!maintained!by!a!state@office!is! granted!to!any!member!of!the!general!public,!in! order!that!the!matters!of!the!State!are! conducted!with!transparency!and! accountability.! ! ! (b)! This!Act!maybe!be!cited!as!the!“Right!to! Information!Act”! ! 2! The!objective!of!this!Act!is!to!specify!the!rights!of! every!person!in!respect!to!the!following!matters!and! to!define!the!scope!of!those!rights:! ! ! (a)! to!define!the!right!and!access!to!information!in! any!state@office;! ! ! (b)! to!determine!that!the!right!to!information!will! be!limited!to!the!circumstances!specified!under! this!Act!only,!and!even!under!the!said! circumstances,!where!the!adverse!impact!to! public!interest!by!non@disclosure!is!greater!than! that!of!disclosure,!determine!the!principles!by! which!the!said!information!will!be!disclosed,!in! order!to!uphold!the!public!interest;! ! ! (c)! to!encourage!the!widest!publication!of! information!held!or!maintained!at!state@offices;! ! ! (d)! Providing!a!right!to!every!individual!to!ensure! that!information!held!by!any!state@office!in! relation!to!that!individual!is!complete,!accurate! and!not!misleading;! ! ! (e)! Set!proper!policies!to!accommodate!for!the! implementation!of!matters!mentioned!herein.!! ! ! 1!