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THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE, 2002 CONTENTS SECTION. 1 Short title, extent and commencement 2 Definitions 3 Access to information not to be denied 4 Maintenance and indexing of records 5 Publication and availability of records 6 Computerization of records 7 Declaration of public record 8 Exclusion of certain record 9 Duty to assist requesters 10 Designation of official 11 Functions of designated official 12 Applications for obtaining information, etc 13 Procedure for disposal of applications 14 Exempt information from disclosure 15 International relations 16 Disclosure harmful to law enforcement 17 Privacy and personal information 18 Economic and commercial affairs 19 Recourse to the Mohtasib and Federal Tax Ombudsman 20 Dismissal of frivolous, vexatious and malicious complaint 21 Offence 22 Indemnity 23 Ordinance not to derogate other laws 24 Power to remove difficulties 25 Power to make rules
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE, 2002 ORDINANCE XCVI OF 2002 [26th October, 2002] An Ordinance to provide for transparency and freedom of information Whereas it is expedient to provide for transparency and freedom of information to ensure that the citizens of Pakistan have improved access to public records and for the purpose to make the Federal Government more accountable to its citizens, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; AND WHEREAS the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action:
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of Emergency of the Fourteenth day of October, 1999, and the Provisional Constitution Order No. 1 of 1999, read with the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order No.9 of 1999, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:__
1. Short title, extent and commencement.(1) This Ordinance may be called the Freedom of Inforniation Ordinance, 2002.
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
Section 2. Definition
In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,__
(a) "complainant" means,__
(i) a requester, or
(ii) any person acting for and on behalf of requester;
(b) "complaint" means any allegation in writing made by a complainant,__
(i) where he is a requester, that access to record has been wrongfully denied to him by a public body; .
(ii) where he is a requester, that access to and/or correction of his personal information has been wrongfully denied to him by a public body having the custody or control of the record:
(iii) where he is a requester that the information requested by him has been unduly delayed by a public body.
(c) "designated official" means an official of a public body designated under section 10;
(d) "employee", in relation to a public body, means a person employed in a public body whether permanently or temporary;
(e) "Federal Tax Ombudsman" means Federal Tax Ombudsman appointed under section 3 of the Establishment of Office of Federal Tax Ombudsman Ordinance. 2000 (XXXV of 2000);
(f) "Mohtasib" means the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) appointed under Article 3 of the Establishment of the Office of the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order, 1983 (P.O. No. 1 of 1983);
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance:
(h) "public body" means,__
(i) any Ministry, Division or attached department of the Federal Government;
(ii) Secretariat of MajliseShoora (Parliament);
(iii) any office of any Board, Commission, Council, or other body established by, or under, a Federal law;
(iv) courts and tribunals;
(i) "record" means record in any form, whether printed or in writing and includes any map, diagram, photography, film, microfilm, which is used for official purpose by the public body which holds the record;
3. Access to information not to be denied.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being to force, and subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, no requester shall be denied access to any official record other than exemptions as provided in section 15.
(2) This Ordinance shall be interpreted so as,
(i) to advance the purposes of this Ordinance; and
(ii) to facilitate and encourage, promptly and at the lowest reasonable cost, the disclosure of information.
Section 4. Maintenance and indexing of records
Subject to provisions of this Ordinance and in accordance with the rules that may be prescribed, each public body shall ensure that all records covered under clause (i) of section 2 of this Ordinance are properly maintained.
Section 5. Publication and availability of records
The acts and subordinate legislation such as rules and regulations, notifications, byelaws manuals ,orders having the force of law in Pakistan shall be duly published and made available at a reasonable price at an adequate number of outlets so that access thereof is easier, less timeconsuming and less expensive.
Section 6. Computerization of records
Each public body shall endeavour within reasonable time and subject to availability of resources that all records covered by the provisions of this Ordinance are computerized and connected through a network all over the country on different systems so that authorised access to such records is facilitated.
Section 7. Declaration of public record
Subject to the provisions of section 8, the following record of all public bodies are hereby declared to be the public record, namely:__
(a) policies and guidelines;
(b) transactions involving acquisition and disposal of property and expenditure undertaken by a public body in the performance of its duties;
(c) information regarding grant of licensces, allotments and other benefits and privileges and contracts and agreements made by a public body;
(d) final orders and decisions, including decisions relating to members of public; and
(e) any other record which may be notified by the Federal Government as public record for the purposes of this Ordinance.
Section 8. Exclusion of certain record
Nothing contained in section 7 shall apply to the following record of all public bodies, namely:__
(a) noting on the files;
(b) minutes of meetings;
(c) any intermediary opinion or recommendation;
(d) record of the banking companies and financial institutions relating to the accounts of their customers;
(e) record relating to defence forces, defence installations or connected therewith or ancillary to defence and national security;
(f) record declared as classified by the Federal Government;
(g) record relating to the personal privacy of any individual;
(h) record of private documents furnished to a public body either on an express or implied condition that information contained in any such documents shall not be disclosed to a third person; and
(i) any other record which the Federal Government may, in public interest exclude from the purview of this Ordinance.
Section 9. Duty to assist requesters
A public body shall take necessary steps as may be prescribed to assist any requester under this Ordinance.
Section 10. Designation of official
(1) A public body shall designate and notify an officer or employee to whom requests under the Ordinance are to be made. These officials will be designated to ensure easy public access to information.
(2) In case no such official has been designated or in the event of the absence or nonavailability of the designated official, the person incharge of the public body shall be the designated official.
Section 11. Functions of designated official
Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder and the instructions if any, of the Federal Government, the designated official shall provide the information contained in any public record or, as the case may be, a copy of any such record.
Section 12. Applications for obtaining information, etc
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any citizen of Pakistan may make an application to the designated official in the form as may be prescribed and shall with his application, furnish necessary particulars, pay such fee and at such time as may be prescribed.
(2) Nothing contained in subsection (1) shall apply to such public record as has been published in the official Gazette or in the form of a book offered for sale.
Section 13. Procedure for disposal of applications
(1) Subject to subsection (2), on receiving an application under section 12, the designated official shall, within twentyone days of the receipt of request, supply to the applicant the required information or, as the case may be, a copy of any public record.
(2) In case the designated official is of the opinion that__
(a) the application is not in the form as has been prescribed;
(b) the applicant has not furnished necessary particulars or has not paid such fee as has been prescribed;
(c) the applicant is not entitled to receive such information;
(d) the required information or, as the case may be, the required record does not constitute a public record under section 7; and
(e) the required information or, as the case may be, the required record constitutes a record which is excluded under section 8, he shall record his decision in writing and the applicant shall be informed about such decision within twentyone days of the receipt of the application.
(3) The information from, or the copy of, any public record supplied to the applicant under sub section (1), shall contain a certificate at the foot thereof that the information is correct or, as the case may be, the copy is a true copy of such public record, and such certificate shall be dated and signed by the designated official.
Section 14. Exempt information from disclosure
Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, a public body shall not be required to disclose exempt information.
Section 15. International relations
(1) Information may be exempt if its disclosure would be likely to cause grave and significant damage in the interests of Pakistan to the conduct of international relation.
(2) In this Section, "international relations" means relations between Pakistan and,__
(a) the Government of any other foreign State; or
(b) an organisation of which only States are members.
Section 16. Disclosure harmful to law enforcement
Information may be exempt if its disclosure is likely to,__
(a) result in the commission of an offences.
(b) harm the detection, prevention, investigation or inquiry in a particular case;
(c) reveal the identity of a confidential source of information;
(d) facilitate an escape from legal custody; and
(e) harm the security of any property or system, including a building, a vehicle, a computer system or a communications system.
Section 17. Privacy and personal information
Information is exempt if its disclosure under this Ordinance would involve the invasion of the privacy of an identifiable individual (including a deceased individual) other than the requester.
Section 18. Economic and commercial affairs
Information is exempt if and so long as its disclosure,__
(a) would be likely to cause grave and significant damage to the economy as a result of the premature disclosure of the proposed introduction, abolition of variation of any tax, duty, interest rate, exchange rate or any other instrument of economic management;
(b) would be likely to cause significant damage to the financial interests of the public body by giving an unreasonable advantage to any person in relation to a contract which that person is seeking to enter into with the public body for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services; or
(c) by revealing information to a competitor of the public body, would be likely to cause significant damage to the lawful commercial activities of the public body.
19. Recourse to the Mohtasib and Federal Tax Ombudsman.(1) If the applicant is not
provided the information or copy of the record declared public record under section 7 within the prescribed time or the designated official refuses to give such information or, as the case may be, copy of such record, on the ground that the applicant is not entitled to receive such information or copy of such record, the applicant may, within thirty days of the last date of the prescribed time for giving such information or, as the case may be, of such record, or the communication of the order of the designated official declining to give such information or copy of such record, file a complaint with the head of the public body and on failing to get the requested information from him within the prescribed time may file a complaint with the
Mohtasib and in cases relating to Revenue Division, its subordinate departments, offices and agencies with the Federal Tax Ombudsman.
(2) The Mohtasib or the Federal Tax Ombudsman, as the case may be, may, after hearing the applicant and the designated official, direct the designated official to give the information or, as the case may be, the copy of the record or may reject the complaint.
Section 20. Dismissal of frivolous, vexatious and malicious complaint
Where a complaint instituted is found to be malicious, frivolous or vexatious, the complaint may be dismissed by Mohtasib, and fine may be imposed on the complainant up to an amount not exceeding ten thousands rupees.
Section 21. Offence
Any person who destroys a record which at the time it was destroyed was the subject of a request, or of a complaint with the intention of preventing its disclosure under this Ordinance, commits an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or with fine, or with both.
Section 22. Indemnity
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person for anything which is done in good faith or intended to be done in pursuance of this Ordinance or any rules made thereunder.
Section 23. Ordinance not to derogate other laws
The provisions of this Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in derogation of anything contained in any other law for the time being in force.
Section 24. Power to remove difficulties
If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Federal Government may, by order in the official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty.
Section 25. Power to make rules
(1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may provide for,__
(a) the fee payable for obtaining information from, and copies of the public record;
(b) the form of application for obtaining information from, and copies of the public record; and
(c) the form in which information from public record shall be furnished.
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THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE, 2002 CONTENTS SECTION. 1 Short title, extent and commencement 2 Definitions 3 Access to information not to be denied 4 Maintenance and indexing of records 5 Publication and availability of records 6 Computerization of records 7 Declaration of public record 8 Exclusion of certain record 9 Duty to assist requesters 10 Designation of official 11 Functions of designated official 12 Applications for obtaining information, etc 13 Procedure for disposal of applications 14 Exempt information from disclosure 15 International relations 16 Disclosure harmful to law enforcement 17 Privacy and personal information 18 Economic and commercial affairs 19 Recourse to the Mohtasib and Federal Tax Ombudsman 20 Dismissal of frivolous, vexatious and malicious complaint 21 Offence 22 Indemnity 23 Ordinance not to derogate other laws 24 Power to remove difficulties 25 Power to make rules Page 1 of 9 THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ORDINANCE, 2002 ORDINANCE XCVI OF 2002 [26th October, 2002] An Ordinance to provide for transparency and freedom of information Whereas it is expedient to provide for transparency and freedom of information to ensure that thecitizens of Pakistan have improved access to public records and for the purpose to make the FederalGovernment more accountable to its citizens, and for matters connected therewith or incidentalthereto; AND WHEREAS the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary totake immediate action: NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of Emergency of the Fourteenth day ofOctober, 1999, and the Provisional Constitution Order No. 1 of 1999, read with the ProvisionalConstitution (Amendment) Order No.9 of 1999, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in thatbehalf the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate thefollowing Ordinance:__ 1. Short title, extent and commencement.(1) This Ordinance may be called the Freedom ofInforniation Ordinance, 2002. (2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definition.__In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,__ (a) "complainant" means,__ (i) a requester, or (ii) any person acting for and on behalf of requester; (b) "complaint" means any allegation in writing made by a complainant,__ (i) where he is a requester, that access to record has been wrongfully denied to him by apublic body; . Page 2 of 9 (ii) where he is a requester, that access to and/or correction of his personal informationhas been wrongfully denied to him by a public body having the custody or control ofthe record: (iii) where he is a requester that the information requested by him has been undulydelayed by a public body. (c) "designated official" means an official of a public body designated under section 10; (d) "employee", in relation to a public body, means a person employed in a public bodywhether permanently or temporary; (e) "Federal Tax Ombudsman" means Federal Tax Ombudsman appointed under section 3 ofthe Establishment of Office of Federal Tax Ombudsman Ordinance. 2000 (XXXV of2000); (f) "Mohtasib" means the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) appointed under Article 3 of theEstablishment of the Office of the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order, 1983 (P.O. No.1 of 1983); (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance: (h) "public body" means,__ (i) any Ministry, Division or attached department of the Federal Government; (ii) Secretariat of MajliseShoora (Parliament); (iii) any office of any Board, Commission, Council, or other body established by, orunder, a Federal law; (iv) courts and tribunals; (i) "record" means record in any form, whether printed or in writing and includes any map,diagram, photography, film, microfilm, which is used for official purpose by the publicbody which holds the record; 3. Access to information not to be denied.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any otherlaw for the time being to force, and subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, no requester shall bedenied access to any official record other than exemptions as provided in section 15. (2) This Ordinance shall be interpreted so as, Page 3 of 9 (i) to advance the purposes of this Ordinance; and (ii) to facilitate and encourage, promptly and at the lowest reasonable cost, the disclosure ofinformation. 4. Maintenance and indexing of records.___Subject to provisions of this Ordinance and inaccordance with the rules that may be prescribed, each public body shall ensure that all recordscovered under clause (i) of section 2 of this Ordinance are properly maintained. 5. Publication and availability of records.__The acts and subordinate legislation such as rulesand regulations, notifications, byelaws manuals ,orders having the force of law in Pakistan shall beduly published and made available at a reasonable price at an adequate number of outlets so thataccess thereof is easier, less timeconsuming and less expensive. 6. Computerization of records.__Each public body shall endeavour within reasonable time andsubject to availability of resources that all records covered by the provisions of this Ordinance arecomputerized and connected through a network all over the country on different systems so thatauthorised access to such records is facilitated. 7. Declaration of public record.__Subject to the provisions of section 8, the following record ofall public bodies are hereby declared to be the public record, namely:__ (a) policies and guidelines; (b) transactions involving acquisition and disposal of property and expenditure undertaken bya public body in the performance of its duties; (c) information regarding grant of licensces, allotments and other benefits and privileges andcontracts and agreements made by a public body; (d) final orders and decisions, including decisions relating to members of public; and (e) any other record which may be notified by the Federal Government as public record forthe purposes of this Ordinance. 8. Exclusion of certain record.__Nothing contained in section 7 shall apply to the followingrecord of all public bodies, namely:__ (a) noting on the files; (b) minutes of meetings; Page 4 of 9 (c) any intermediary opinion or recommendation; (d) record of the banking companies and financial institutions relating to the accounts of theircustomers; (e) record relating to defence forces, defence installations or connected therewith or ancillaryto defence and national security; (f) record declared as classified by the Federal Government; (g) record relating to the personal privacy of any individual; (h) record of private documents furnished to a public body either on an express or impliedcondition that information contained in any such documents shall not be disclosed to athird person; and (i) any other record which the Federal Government may, in public interest exclude from thepurview of this Ordinance. 9. Duty to assist requesters.__A public body shall take necessary steps as may be prescribed toassist any requester under this Ordinance. 10. Designation of official.__(1) A public body shall designate and notify an officer or employeeto whom requests under the Ordinance are to be made. These officials will be designated to ensureeasy public access to information. (2) In case no such official has been designated or in the event of the absence or nonavailabilityof the designated official, the person incharge of the public body shall be the designated official. 11. Functions of designated official.__Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the rulesmade thereunder and the instructions if any, of the Federal Government, the designated official shallprovide the information contained in any public record or, as the case may be, a copy of any suchrecord. 12. Applications for obtaining information, etc.__(1) Subject to subsection (2), any citizen ofPakistan may make an application to the designated official in the form as may be prescribed andshall with his application, furnish necessary particulars, pay such fee and at such time as may beprescribed. (2) Nothing contained in subsection (1) shall apply to such public record as has been published inthe official Gazette or in the form of a book offered for sale. Page 5 of 9 13. Procedure for disposal of applications.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), on receiving anapplication under section 12, the designated official shall, within twentyone days of the receipt ofrequest, supply to the applicant the required information or, as the case may be, a copy of any publicrecord. (2) In case the designated official is of the opinion that__ (a) the application is not in the form as has been prescribed; (b) the applicant has not furnished necessary particulars or has not paid such fee as has beenprescribed; (c) the applicant is not entitled to receive such information; (d) the required information or, as the case may be, the required record does not constitute apublic record under section 7; and (e) the required information or, as the case may be, the required record constitutes a recordwhich is excluded under section 8, he shall record his decision in writing and the applicant shall be informed about such decisionwithin twentyone days of the receipt of the application. (3) The information from, or the copy of, any public record supplied to the applicant under subsection (1), shall contain a certificate at the foot thereof that the information is correct or, as the casemay be, the copy is a true copy of such public record, and such certificate shall be dated and signedby the designated official. 14. Exempt information from disclosure.__Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, a publicbody shall not be required to disclose exempt information. 15. International relations.__(1) Information may be exempt if its disclosure would be likely tocause grave and significant damage in the interests of Pakistan to the conduct of internationalrelation. (2) In this Section, "international relations" means relations between Pakistan and,__ (a) the Government of any other foreign State; or (b) an organisation of which only States are members. Page 6 of 9 16. Disclosure harmful to law enforcement.__Information may be exempt if its disclosure islikely to,__ (a) result in the commission of an offences. (b) harm the detection, prevention, investigation or inquiry in a particular case; (c) reveal the identity of a confidential source of information; (d) facilitate an escape from legal custody; and (e) harm the security of any property or system, including a building, a vehicle, a computersystem or a communications system. 17. Privacy and personal information.__Information is exempt if its disclosure under thisOrdinance would involve the invasion of the privacy of an identifiable individual (including adeceased individual) other than the requester. 18. Economic and commercial affairs.__Information is exempt if and so long as its disclosure,__ (a) would be likely to cause grave and significant damage to the economy as a result of thepremature disclosure of the proposed introduction, abolition of variation of any tax, duty,interest rate, exchange rate or any other instrument of economic management; (b) would be likely to cause significant damage to the financial interests of the public body bygiving an unreasonable advantage to any person in relation to a contract which thatperson is seeking to enter into with the public body for the acquisition or disposal ofproperty or the supply of goods or services; or (c) by revealing information to a competitor of the public body, would be likely to causesignificant damage to the lawful commercial activities of the public body. 19. Recourse to the Mohtasib and Federal Tax Ombudsman.(1) If the applicant is notprovided the information or copy of the record declared public record under section 7 within theprescribed time or the designated official refuses to give such information or, as the case may be,copy of such record, on the ground that the applicant is not entitled to receive such information orcopy of such record, the applicant may, within thirty days of the last date of the prescribed time forgiving such information or, as the case may be, of such record, or the communication of the order ofthe designated official declining to give such information or copy of such record, file a complaint withthe head of the public body and on failing to get the requested information from him within theprescribed time may file a complaint with the Page 7 of 9 Mohtasib and in cases relating to Revenue Division, its subordinate departments, offices and agencieswith the Federal Tax Ombudsman. (2) The Mohtasib or the Federal Tax Ombudsman, as the case may be, may, after hearing theapplicant and the designated official, direct the designated official to give the information or, as thecase may be, the copy of the record or may reject the complaint. 20. Dismissal of frivolous, vexatious and malicious complaint.__Where a complaint institutedis found to be malicious, frivolous or vexatious, the complaint may be dismissed by Mohtasib, andfine may be imposed on the complainant up to an amount not exceeding ten thousands rupees. 21. Offence.__Any person who destroys a record which at the time it was destroyed was thesubject of a request, or of a complaint with the intention of preventing its disclosure under thisOrdinance, commits an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, orwith fine, or with both. 22. Indemnity.__No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person foranything which is done in good faith or intended to be done in pursuance of this Ordinance or anyrules made thereunder. 23. Ordinance not to derogate other laws.__The provisions of this Ordinance shall be inaddition to and not in derogation of anything contained in any other law for the time being in force. 24. Power to remove difficulties.__If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions ofthis Ordinance, the Federal Government may, by order in the official Gazette, make such provisionsnot inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance as appear to it to be necessary or expedient forremoving the difficulty. 25. Power to make rules.__(1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the officialGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules mayprovide for,__ (a) the fee payable for obtaining information from, and copies of the public record; (b) the form of application for obtaining information from, and copies of the public record;and (c) the form in which information from public record shall be furnished. Page 8 of 9 Page 9 of 9
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a requester that the information requested by him has been undulydelayed by a public body. (c) "designated official" means an official of a public body designated under section 10; (d) "employee", in relation to a public body, means a person employed in a public bodywhether permanently or temporary; (e) "Federal Tax Ombudsman" means Federal Tax Ombudsman appointed under section 3 ofthe Establishment of O
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tion to a public body, means a person employed in a public bodywhether permanently or temporary; (e) "Federal Tax Ombudsman" means Federal Tax Ombudsman appointed under section 3 ofthe Establishment of Office of Federal Tax Ombudsman Ordinance. 2000 (XXXV of2000); (f) "Mohtasib" means the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) appointed under Article 3 of theEstablishment of the Office of the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombud
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the time being to force, and subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, no requester shall bedenied access to any official record other than exemptions as provided in section 15. (2) This Ordinance shall be interpreted so as, Page 3 of 9 (i) to advance the purposes of this Ordinance; and (ii) to facilitate and encourage, promptly and at the lowest reasonable cost, the disclosure ofinformation. 4. Ma
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Subject to provisions of this Ordinance and inaccordance with the rules that may be prescribed, each public body shall ensure that all recordscovered under clause (i) of section 2 of this Ordinance are properly maintained. 5. Publication and availability of records.__The acts and subordinate legislation such as rulesand regulations, notifications, byelaws manuals ,orders having the force of law in Pakis
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etwork all over the country on different systems so thatauthorised access to such records is facilitated. 7. Declaration of public record.__Subject to the provisions of section 8, the following record ofall public bodies are hereby declared to be the public record, namely:__ (a) policies and guidelines; (b) transactions involving acquisition and disposal of property and expenditure undertaken bya public
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y other record which may be notified by the Federal Government as public record forthe purposes of this Ordinance. 8. Exclusion of certain record.__Nothing contained in section 7 shall apply to the followingrecord of all public bodies, namely:__ (a) noting on the files; (b) minutes of meetings; Page 4 of 9 (c) any intermediary opinion or recommendation; (d) record of the banking companies and financi
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tte or in the form of a book offered for sale. Page 5 of 9 13. Procedure for disposal of applications.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), on receiving anapplication under section 12, the designated official shall, within twentyone days of the receipt ofrequest, supply to the applicant the required information or, as the case may be, a copy of any publicrecord. (2) In case the designated official is of the
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applicant is not entitled to receive such information; (d) the required information or, as the case may be, the required record does not constitute apublic record under section 7; and (e) the required information or, as the case may be, the required record constitutes a recordwhich is excluded under section 8, he shall record his decision in writing and the applicant shall be informed about such decisi
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not constitute apublic record under section 7; and (e) the required information or, as the case may be, the required record constitutes a recordwhich is excluded under section 8, he shall record his decision in writing and the applicant shall be informed about such decisionwithin twentyone days of the receipt of the application. (3) The information from, or the copy of, any public record supplied to
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lic body. 19. Recourse to the Mohtasib and Federal Tax Ombudsman.(1) If the applicant is notprovided the information or copy of the record declared public record under section 7 within theprescribed time or the designated official refuses to give such information or, as the case may be,copy of such record, on the ground that the applicant is not entitled to receive such information orcopy of such record,
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- pk-code-941b1ccf42386364
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- Legal completeness not independently established
- Integrity scope
- Stored UTF-8 text and TXT download bytes checked against their recorded hash. This does not establish legal authenticity or currency.
- Passage offsets
- zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive
- Stored text SHA-256
- b208f55c4437309380a7468434205c1c076e3c2ab4956e934c54f36b8fe22d86