Right to Access Information Act, 2013 (No. 2 of 2013). Country/Territory Sierra Leone Document type Legislation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleBeing an Act to provide for the disclosure of information held by public authorities or by persons providing services for them and to provide for other related matters. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Basic legislation Access-to-information Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Governance Public participation Geographical area Africa, Least Developed Countries, Western Africa Abstract This Act makes provision with respect to access by the pubic to information held by public authorities or by persons providing services for public authorities. It defines the right to access to information, promotes openness and establishes the Information Commission. In principle, every person shall have the right to access information held by or is under the control of a public authority and has the right to access information held by or is under the control of a private body where that inform Full text English