I found this article on lexpress.mu about the FOIA workshop of 10th December
http://www.lexpress.mu/article/272787/legislation-freedom-information-act-en-2016
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Shelly Hermia Bhujun <
shelly_hermia_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Omdeep,
>
> Thank you for submitting your research. Please take SM email into
> consideration as there are important notes in there.
> Do not forget to update us on the Freedom of Information Act Workshop
> notes of meeting tonight and share your experience as well :)
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Shelly
>
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> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:43:35 +0400
> Subject: Research on Freedom of Information
> From: omdeep.gokhool1_at_umail.uom.ac.mu
> To: shelly_hermia_at_hotmail.com
> CC: mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com
>
>
> Hello Shelly,
>
> Please find a summary of the research I have done on 'Freedom Of
> Information act' below.
>
> *Introduction*
>
> The legal system in the Mauritius is governed by both by principles
> derived both from the French Code Napoleon and the British common law,
> combining both the civil and common law practices. The Republic of
> Mauritius is a parliamentary democracy modeled on the British system.
>
> Considering this fact I decided to based my research on the 'Freedom of
> Information Act 2000' which is is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of
> the United Kingdom that creates a public "right of access" to information
> held by public authorities. It works in two ways,firstly by making it
> compulsory for public authorities to publish certain information and
> secondly allowing members of public to request for information. After going
> through the table of content there were 5 sections which interested me and
> I read them and summarized them below.
>
>
> *Section 1 : General right of access to information held by public
> authorities*
>
> It specifies that if someone is requesting an information from a public
> authorities, he should be informed by the authorities in written whether
> they hold the information and send the information if it is in their
> possession.
>
> *Section 8 : Request for information.*
>
> In this Act any reference to a “request for information” is a reference to
> such a request which has to be in writing, stating the name of the
> applicant and address of correspondence and also the description of
> information requested.
>
> A request is to be treated as made in writing where the text of the request
> is transmitted by electronic means, can be read clearly and can be used
> for further reference.
>
> *Section 9 : Fees *
>
> In this section it is mentioned that the authority from which information
> ha been requested may contact the applicant within a certain to inform that
> there is a fee to be paid and the amount of the fee. If applicants fails to
> pay the fee, the authority will not be obliged to send the information
>
>
>
> *Section 10 : Time*Here it is mentioned that a public authority must
> comply to the act and in any event not later than the twentieth working day
> following the date of receipt. If authority has given a fees notice to the
> applicant and the fee is paid in accordingly, the working days in the
> period beginning with the day on which the fees notice is given to the
> applicant and ending with the day on which the fee is received by the
> authority.
>
> *Section 11 : Means by which communication to be made.*
>
> The applicant expresses a preference for communication by any one or more.
> It can be in a permanent form or any form acceptable by the applicant. The
> authority can refuse to accept certain form and will notify the applicant.
>
>
>
Received on Fri Dec 11 2015 - 06:38:48 PST