No.6
Cap. 47
Access to Information Act
2016
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(3) For purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection
(2), information relating to national security includes(a) military strategy, doctrine, capability, capacity
or deployment;
(b) foreign
government
information
with
implications on national security;
(c) intelligence operations or activities, sources or
information
capabilities,
methods
or
cryptology;
(d) foreign relations or foreign activities;
(e) scientific, technology or economic matters
relating to national security; or
(f) vulnerabilities or capabilities of systems,
installations, infrastructures, projects, plans or
protection services relating to national
security.
(4) Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subsection (2) shall
not apply if a request for information relates to the results
of any product or environmental testing, and the
information concerned reveals a serious public safety or
environmental risk.
(5) Unless the contrary is proved by the
information holder, information shall be presumed not to
be exempt if the information has been held for a period
exceeding thirty years.
(6) Any person who(a) disclose exempt information, other than
information relating to national
security, commits an offence and shall,
on
conviction
be
liable
to
imprisonment for a term not less than
three years and not exceeding five
years;
(b) discloses exempt information relating
to national security, commits offence
and the provisions of the National
Security Act shall apply.