7162 evsjv‡`k †M‡RU, AwZwi³, A‡±vei 29, 2009 31. Protection of action taken in good faith.⎯No, suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Information Commission, the Chief Information Commissioner, the Information Commissioners or any officers or employee of the Information Commission, or officer-in-charge of any authority or any other officer or employee there of it any body is affected by any information made public or deemed to be made public in good faith under this Act, or rules or regulations made there under. 32. Inapplicability of this Act in case of certain organisations and institutions.⎯(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any provisions of this Act, this Act shall not apply to the organisations and institutions which are involved in state security and intelligence mentioned in the Schedule. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), this section shall not apply to such information that are pertaining to corruption and violation of human rights in the above-mentioned organisations and institutions. (3) On receipt of any request for information under sub-section (2), the concerned organisation or institution shall, subject to the approval of the Information Commission, provide the applicant with the requested information within 30 (thirty) days from the date of receipt of such request. (4) The Government if necessary may, in consultation with the Information Commission, amend the Schedule increasing or decreasing the number of organisations and institutions mentioned in the Schedule by a notification published in the official Gazette from time to time. 33. Power to make rules.⎯For the purposes of this Act, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules in consultation with information commission. 34. Power to make regulations.⎯For the purposes of this Act, the Information Commission may, with the prior approval of the Government and by notification in the official Gazette, make regulations. 35. Removal of ambiguity.⎯If any ambiguity arises in implementing any provisions of this Act, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette and subject to consistency with the provisions of this Act, remove such ambiguity. 36. Original and English Text.⎯The Original Text of this Act shall be in Bangla and there shall be an authentic text of an authorised translation of it in English : Provided that in the event of conflict between the Bangla and the English text, the Bangla text shall prevail.

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