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confirmed relates to national security, national defense or international relations the head of the public body may issue a
certificate certifying that the information falls within the scope of exceptions set out in Article 22 and that disclosure of the
information would be almost certain to cause serious harm to national security.
2)
Notwithstanding any provision in this Part, neither the Ombudsman nor any court may review a decision under
sub-article (1) to issue a certificate.
3)
Any certificate under sub-article (1) must be tabled in the House of Peoples’ Representatives within 30 days of its
issuance and the House may either approve or rescind the certificate.
36. Duty to Report
1)
As s soon as practicable and not later than 30th of May in each year, the public relation officer of each public body
shall submit to the ombudsman, a report regarding the activities of the public body in implementing the provisions of
chapter three of this proclamation.
2)
The report referred to in sub article (1) of this Article shall consist;
a)
the number of requests for access received;
b)
the number of requests for access granted access in full;
c)
the number of requests for access refused in full and refused partially;
d)
the number of internal appeals made to the head of the public body and the number of granted requests as a
result of these internal appeals;
e)
the number of appeals made to the Ombudsman
f)
The number of court appeals; and
g)
Such other matters as may be prescribed by law
3)
The head of public body shall include in his annual working report to the council of ministers and peoples
representative in the case of federal public bodies or to the national regional government council and national regional
council, the report referred to in sub-article (1).
37. Powers to Make Regulations.
The council of ministers may make regulations regarding;
a)
Schedules of fees payable for different categories of information and, the conditions under which such fees are
reduced or waived;
b)
The procedures for the custody and classification of information regarded as confidential or declassification of
records;
c)
Any matter which is required for the implementation of the provisions of part three of this proclamation.
38. Record Maintenance
1)
The Ombudsman shall, after appropriate consultation with interested parties, issue and from time to time update a
Code of Practice relating to the custody, management and disposal of records.
2)
Every public body is under an obligation to maintain its records in accordance with the Code of Practice stipulated
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