The Protection of Information BILL.

BILL
To provide for the protection of certain information from destruction, loss or unlawful disclosure; to regulate the manner in which information may be protected; to repeal the Protection of Information Act, 1982; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
PREAMBLE
RECOGNISING
the importance of information to the national security, territorial
integrity and well-being of the Republic;

ACKNOWLEDGING
the harm of excessive secrecy

AFFIRMING
the constitutional framework for the protection and regulation of access
to information

DESIRING
to put the protection of information within a transparent and sustainable
legislative framework

AIMING

to promote the free flow of information within an open and democratic society
without compromising the security of the Republic.

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa.



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