Access to Information Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament2023No. Act No. 24 of 2023
The Access to Information Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 2023. It contains 46 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Access to Information Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Access to Information Act
- S. 1Short title and commencement
- S. 2Interpretati on
- S. 3General principles governing the right to access informati on
- S. 4(1) The Hum an Rights Commissi on established under the Oversight of
- S. 5The functions of the Commissi on are to— Functions of
- S. 6Right to access informati on
- S. 7Duty to keep informati on
- S. 8Publicati on of certa in informati on
- S. 9Appointment or designati on of informati on officer
- S. 10Request to access informati on
- S. 11Transfer of request
- S. 12(1) Subject to subsecti on (2), an informati on holder th at Grant or
- S. 13(1) Subject to subsecti on (2), an informati on holder to which Extensi on of
- S. 14Deemed refusal of request
- S. 15Deferral of access
- S. 16(1) Where the informati on requested can not be found or Unavailable
- S. 17An informati on holder th at receives a request sh all take Preservati on
- S. 18(1) An informati on holder may give access to informati on Forms of
- S. 19Language and form at of access
- S. 20Notificati on of third parties
- S. 21General limitati on on right to access informati on
- S. 22(1) Despite any other provisi on of th is Act, an informati on Disclosure of
- S. 23Personal informati on
- S. 24Commercial informati on of informati on holder or third
- S. 25Informati on th at endangers life or safety of individuals or
- S. 26Informati on relating to law enforcement or other legal
- S. 27Privileged informati on
- S. 28Informati on relating to national security
- S. 29Informati on relating to national economy and ongoing
- S. 30Informati on prejudicial to policy formulati on
- S. 31Frivolous and vexatious request
- S. 32Severability
- S. 33(1) A pers on who is aggrieved by a decisi on of an
- S. 34Reports by informati on holder
- S. 35Administrati on penalty
- S. 36Offences
- S. 37Immunity
- S. 38Guidelines
- S. 39Rules
- S. 40Regulations
- S. 41Savings and transitional provisions
- S. ISection I
- S. IISection II
- S. IIISection III
- S. IVSection IV
- S. VSection V