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Part III · Duties of Ministers and Public Authorities

10. Duty of public authorities to submit reports etc.

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Every public authority shall submit annual reports to the Commission before the thirty first day of December immediately succeeding the year to which the report relates which shall be made available to the public in its office and on its official website, furnishing information such as-

(a)

the total number of requests received during the year and information provided and rejected;

(b)

the amount of fees collected during the year;

(c)

the number of requests rejected under section 5;

(d)

the number of times information was provided at the direction of the Commission;

(e)

any suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the regime of transparency;

(f)

the number of appeals from refusal to communicate information;

(g)

practices relating to the maintenance, management and destruction of records; and

(h)

its activities under section 8.

PART 1V

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION COMMISSION

Part V

Appointment of Information Officers and Procedure for Gaining Access to Information

Part VI

Appeals Against Rejections

Part VII

General

Schedules