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Access to Information Act
2005
(c) to protect persons disclosing evidence of contravention of the law, maladministration or
corruption in Government bodies;
(d) to promote transparency and accountability in all organs of the State by providing the
public with timely, accessible and accurate information; and
(e) to empower the public to effectively scrutinise and participate in Government decisions
that affect them.
4. Interpretation.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires –
"court" means the Chief Magistrates’ Court or the High Court;
"currency point" means the value specified in relation to a currency point in the
Schedule;
"information" includes written, visual, aural and electronic information;
"information officer" means the Chief executive of a public body;
"manual" means the manual of functions of, and index of records held by a public body,
compiled under section 7;
"Minister" means the Minister to whom the functions of the Minister under this Act have
for the time being been assigned by the President;
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under section 47;
"privacy" means the right of a person to keep his or her matters and relationships secret;
"proprietary information" means information relating to any manufacturing process,
trade secret, trademark, copyright, patent or formula protected by law or by
International Treaty to which Uganda is a party;
"public body" includes a government, ministry, department, statutory corporation,
authority or commission;
"record" means any recorded information, in any format, including an electronic format
in the possession or control of a public body, whether or not that body created it;
"relevant authority" means the Minister responsible for that public body or the person
designated in writing by that Minister;
"request for access" means a request for access to a record of a public body under section
11;
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