OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
The commission shall receive complaints on failure to abide by provisions of the Act and after review, within fifteen working days order that:
- The request for information be rejected
- The public authority comply with its obligations under the Act .
- Any person who obstructs access, compliance, or destroys a record with intent to deny access deliberately, or conceals or falsifies records or interferes with the work of the commission shall be guilty of an offence.
- Any person who provides wrong information in order to deny access to information shall also be guilty of an offence
- Any person or organization who commits the above offences is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Ten Million Leones for an individual, and one Hundred million Leone for a corporate body, or a term of imprisonment not exceeding One year or both.
See : Data Protection for EXEMPT INFORMATION
APPEALS
- Any person who fails to get a positive response to a request for information can complain to an internal appeals mechanism, where available, or complain to the RAIC for review and enforcement.
- The RAIC can, compel the Public Authorities or private bodies to comply with the RAI Act within Fifteen day or face appropriate penalties..
POWEERS
The Right to Access Information Commission has :
- The powers of a High court to: administer oaths, order the release information, impose fines, imprisonment or both.
- Has powers to conduct any investigation for enforcement of the Act.
- Powers to utilize the services of any official or investigation agency of the government
