The Access to Information
Bill,2015
"national security" has the same meaning assigned to
it by Article 238(l) of the Constitution;
"person" has the meaning assigned to it in Article 260
of the Constitution;
"personal information" means information about an
identifiable individual, including, but not limited to(a) information relating to the race, gender, sex,
pregnancy, marital status. national, ethnic or social
origin, colour, age, physical, psychological or
mental health, well-being, disability, religion,
conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of
the individual;
(b) information relating to the education or the
medical, criminal or employment history of the
individual or information relating to financial
transactions in which the individual has been
involved;
(c) any identifying number, symbol or other particular
assigned to the individual;
(d) the fingerprints, blood type, address, telephone or
other contact details of the individual;
(e)
a person's
(f)
correspondence sent by the individual that is
implicitly or explicitly of a private or confidential
opinion or views over another person;
nature or further correspondence that would reveal
the contents of the original correspondence;
(g) any information given in support or in relation to
an award or grant proposed to be given to another
person;
"private body" means any private entity or non-state
actor
that(a) receives public resources and benefits, utilizes
public funds, engages in public functions, provides
public services, has exclusive contracts to exploit
natural resources (with regard to said funds,
functions, services or resources); or
(b)
possession of information which is of
significant public interest due to its relation to the
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