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LAW OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
On access to information
held by state bodies and local self-government bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic
CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Purposes of the Law
The purposes of this Law are providing the realization and defense the right of access
to information held by state bodies and local self-government bodies, and achieving
the maximum informational openness, publicity and transparency in an activity of state
bodies and local self-government bodies.
Article 2. Purview of this Law
1. This Law shall regulate relations related with access of individuals and legal
entities to information held by state bodies and local self-government bodies.
2. In accordance with provisions of this Law all state bodies and local selfgovernment bodies obligated to provision with information.
State bodies are (recognize) organizations, established on permanent (continuing)
basis in accordance with Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic, constitutional and
other laws, decrees of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, authorized to realize
the functions of legislative, executive or judicial powers, as well as to take the
decisions obligatory for execution and provide their realization, financing from
state budget, and also any territorial subdivision or structural unit realizing the
functions or part of functions of the central state body.
Local self-government bodies are (recognize) representative, executiveadministrative and other bodies, forming by population itself for solving issues of
local meaning, and also any territorial subdivision or structural unit realizing the
functions and part of the functions of local self-government body.
By terms “state body” and “local self-government body” comprehends also any
institution, including its territorial subdivision or structural unit, financing fully or
partly from republican or local budget and realizes functions not related with
realization of state power or functions of self-government, including institutions of
health, education, informational, statistics, advisory, on credit issues.
3. Force (purview) of this Law shall not apply:
to relations, arising on citizens’ addressing with suggestions, complaints and
petitions to the state bodies and local self-governments;
to relations, related with access of state bodies or local self-government bodies to
information held by other state bodies or local self-government bodies;