Article 9. Rights and obligations of the information owner The Law on Access to Information

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1. The information holder has the right to:

1) send a request to the relevant information holder, whose competence includes providing the requested information;

2) to clarify the content of the request from the person who made the request;

3) to refuse to provide information in cases and on the grounds established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. The information holder is obliged to:

1) provide access to information;

2) to provide, within its authority, the organizational, technical and other conditions necessary for effective and timely access to information created and (or) collected in the course of its activities;

3) provide reliable and complete information;

4) ensure that the information provided contains information about the official to the extent sufficient for identification;

5) ensure compliance with the deadlines established by law for the provision of information;

6) keep records, summarize and analyze requests;

7) create the necessary conditions for persons with disabilities to provide information;

8) ensure the smooth functioning of Internet resources containing information;

9) provide advanced training for officials and employees in the field of access to information;

10) carry out internal control over the quality and timeliness of information provision;

11) comply with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on state secrets and other legally protected secrets;

12) permanently post information in the form of open data on the Internet portal of open data that is not related to information with limited access;

12-1) timely update, within the limits of their competence, information posted on Internet portals of open data, open budgets and evaluation of the effectiveness of government agencies;

13) perform other duties stipulated by this Law and other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2-1. The information holders specified in subparagraph 1) of Article 8 of this Law are obliged to:

1) have an authorized structural unit or appoint an authorized person for access to information, who carries out internal monitoring, coordination and control over access to information in the possession of the owner of the information;

2) when making a decision on restricting the right of access to information, be guided by Article 5 of this Law;

3) proactively disseminate information that is created and/or collected in the course of their activities, with the exception of information with limited access.

Proactive dissemination of information is carried out in the form of posting, on its own initiative, open data that is not included in the unified list of open data of government agencies posted on the open data Internet portal, based on an analysis of frequently requested and demanded information.

3. In addition to the duties specified in paragraph 2 of this article, the heads of central executive bodies (with the exception of the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan), akims and heads of national higher educational institutions are required to report to the public on the work done.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 16, 2015 No. 401-V SAM.

This Law regulates public relations resulting from the exercise of everyone's constitutional right to freely receive and disseminate information in any manner not prohibited by law.

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