The Freedom of Information Bill, 2012 Protection of person making disclosure. 47. (1) A person shall not be penalized in relation to any employment, profession, voluntary work, contract, membership of an organization, the holding of an office or in any other way, as a result of having made or proposed to make a disclosure of information which the person obtained in confidence in the course of that activity, if the disclosure is one which is in the public interest. (2)For purposes of subsection (1), a disclosure which is made to the police or to an appropriate public authority shall be deemed to be made in the public interest. (3) A person shall make a disclosure under subsection (1) and (2),where the person has reasonable belief in the veracity of the information. (4) Dislosure of information under subsection (1) and (2) includes information on_ (a) violations of the law,including human rights violations; (b) mismanagement of funds; (c) conflict of interest; (d) corruption; (e) abuse of public office; and (f) dangers o public health, safety and the environment (4)For the purpose of this section, a person is penalized if the person is dismissed, discriminated against, made the subject of reprisal or other form of adverse treatment or is denied any appointment, promotion or advantage that otherwise would have been provided or any other personnel action provided under the law relating to whistle blower, and the imposition of any such penalty in contravention of this section shall be actionable as a tort. (5) Any term of any settlement arising from a claim under this section, insofar as it purports to impose an obligation of confidentiality on any party to the settlement in respect of information which is accurate and which was or was proposed to be disclosed, shall be unenforceable. (6) In any proceedings for an offence for contravention of any statutory prohibition or restriction on the disclosure of information, it shall be a defence to show that, in the 40 the disclosure was in the public interest, and circumstances, where the offence is alleged to have been committed by a public officer or Government contractor and involves the disclosure of information obtained by the person in the person’s position as such, that the defendant had, before making the disclosure,