The Access to Information Bill,2015 2201 protection of human rights, the environment or public health and safety, or to exposure of comrption or illegal actions or where the release of or protecting any right; the information may assist in exercising "public entity" means(a) any public office, as defined in Article 260 of the Constitution; or (b) any entity performing a function within a commission, office, agency or other body established under the Constitution; "public officer" has the same meaning assigned to it by Article 260 of the Constitution; "public record" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business, prepared, owned, used or retained by .a public entity regardless of physical form or characteristics; "secretary" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Commission on Administrative Justice Act,20ll. 3. ; The object and purpose of this Act is to- (a) give effect to the right of access to information by citizens as provided under Article 35 of the Constitution; (b) require public entities and private bodies to proactively disclose information that they hold and to provide information on request in line with the constitutional principles ; (c) create a framework to facilitate access to information held by private bodies in compliance with any right protected by the Constitution and any other law; (d) promote routine and systematic information disclosure by public service and private service on constitutional principles relating to accountability, transparency and public participation and access to information; (e) provide for the protection of persons who release information of public interest in good faith; and Object and purpose of the Act.