CHAPTER VI
Information Disclosure Tribunals
Section 35. There shall be Information Disclosure Tribunals in appropriate fields, which are appointed by the Council of Ministers upon the recommendation of the Board, having the power and duty to consider and decide an appeal against an order prohibiting the disclosure of information under section 14 or section 15, order dismissing an objection under section 17 and order refusing the correction, alteration or deletion of personal information under section 25.
The appointment of Information Disclosure Tribunals under paragraph one shall be made on the basis of the specialized fields of the official information, such as the fields of national security, national economy and finance or law enforcement.
Section 36. Each Information Disclosure Tribunal consists of such number of persons as necessary, but shall not be less than three persons, and the Government officials appointed by the Board shall act as Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.
In considering the information of any State agency, the member of the Information Disclosure Tribunal who is from that State agency shall not participate in such consideration.
Members of the Information Disclosure Tribunal shall not be Secretary or Assistant Secretaries. Section 37. The Board shall consider sending the appeals to the Information Disclosure Tribunals on the basis of their specialization within seven days as from the date of the receipt thereof. The decision of an Information Disclosure Tribunal shall be deemed final. In making the decision, an observation may be made to the Board with regard to appropriate action to be taken by the State agency concerned in any particular case.
The provisions of section 13 paragraph two shall apply mutatis mutandis to the consideration of appeals by the Information Disclosure Tribunals.
Section 38. The powers and duties of the Information Disclosure Tribunal in each field, its procedure and quorum shall be in accordance with the Rule prescribed by the Board and published in the Government Gazette.
Section 39. The provisions of section 29, section 30 and section 32 and the penalties in conjunction wi!h such provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to Information Disclosure Tribunals.
