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Amendments as of September 2014
(1)
When the person, who considers that his/her rights and legitimate interests to access
information have been violated, or he/she is not satisfied with the solution provided by the top
management of the information provider or by the hierarchically superior body, he/she may contest
the actions or lack of actions of the information provider to the competent administrative court.
(2) The notification of the court must be done during one month after the communication of the
answer by the information provider or, if the information solicitor did not receive an answer, from
the day when he had to receive the answer. If the information solicitor contests the actions of the
information provider extrajudicially, the term of one month begins from the day when the top
management of the information provider or of the hierarchically superior body communicate their
resolution, or if he/she does not receive an answer - from the day when he/she was supposed to
receive it.
Article 24. Consequences of information-access violation
Depending on the severity of the consequences caused by an illegal refusal, on the part of the public
officer in charge, to provide official information and documents, to provide access to requested
information, the court of law will impose sanctions in accordance with the current legislation, the
reparation of the damage caused by an unjustified refusal to provide information, or by other
actions violating the right to free access to information, as well the undelay fulfilment of the
applicant's request.
Article 25. Final and transitory provisions
Within three months after the present law is adopted, the Government will: submit to Parliament
proposals regarding the harmonization of the current legislation with the present law, including the
establishment of responsibility for severe violations of the right to information access; adjust its
normative acts to the present law and develop new normative acts aimed at the implementation of
the present law.
CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT Dumitru DIACOV
Chisinau, 11 May 2000 NR. 982-XIV
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