22 No. 2 Right to Access Information Act 2013 (4) The Commission may, if satisfied that there has been an infringement of the provisions of this Act, order– (a) the release of any unlawfully withheld information; (b) the payment of compensation; or (c) any other lawful remedy or redress. (5) A person or authority dissatisfied with an order made by the Commission under subsection (4) may appeal to the High Court within twenty-one days of the order. (6) An order of the Commission under subsection (4) may be filed in the High Court by any party thereto in such manner as the Commission may, after consultation with the Chief Justice, prescribe and the party shall give written notice of the filing of the order to all other parties within thirty days of the date of the filing of the order. (7) If no appeal is filed under subsection (5), the party in favour of whom the order is made by the Commission may apply ex parte by summons for leave to enforce such order as a decree and the order may be executed in the same manner as an order of the High Court to the like effect. (8) A person who– (a) fails to attend before the Commission in accordance with any summons or order issued under subsection (3) or (4); (b) having attended before the Commission, refuses to be sworn or to make an affirmation, or having been sworn or affirmed, refuses without lawful excuse, to answer any question or to produce any information; (c) knowingly gives any false or misleading information to the Commission; or (d) causes an obstruction or disturbance in the course of any proceedings before the Commission, No. 2 Right to Access Information Act 2013 23 commits an offence and is liable on conviction in the case of an individual to a fine not exceeding ten million leones or in the case of a corporate body to a fine not exceeding one hundred million leones or a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both the fine and imprisonment. 33. (1) The Commission may, for the purpose of conducting any investigation pertaining to an inquiry, utilise the services of any official or investigation agency of the Government and where an official is so utilised under this subsection, the Commission shall pay the official or agency for the service rendered. (2) For the purpose of investigating any matter pertaining to an inquiry, an official or agency whose services are utilised under subsection (1) may, subject to the direction and control of the Commission– (a) summon and enforce the attendance of any person for examination; (b) require the discovery and production of any information; and (c) subject to this Act, requisition any public record or copy of the public record from any official. (3) Paragraph (c) of subsection (8) of section 32 shall apply in relation to any information given by a person before any official or agency whose services are utilised under subsection (1) as they apply in relation to any statement made by a person in the course of giving evidence before the Commission. (4) The official or agency whose services are utilised under subsection (1) shall investigate any matter pertaining to the inquiry and submit a report on it to the Commission. (5) The Commission shall satisfy itself on the correctness of the facts stated and the conclusion, if any, arrived at in the report submitted to it under subsection (4) and for that purpose, the Commission may make such inquiry, including the examination of any person or persons who conducts or assists in the investigation as it thinks fit. Powers relating to investigation.

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