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1. Title
  1.1 This shall be titled the Freedom of Information Act
2.Requests
  2.1 Any Citizen who voted in the previous regular election shall be able to petition the Government for the
       release of Information.
  2.2 A proposal shall be included in next regular election if the greater of 30% rounded down or 6 Citizens
       who voted in the previous regular election, including the petitioner, sign the petition within 72 hours of
       its creation.The Monarch shall verify that all signatories to a petition voted in the previous election.
  2.3 The Petition may be addressed to a department or to a Wintrean, should it be to a Wintrean it must
        be over specific information.
  2.4 a period of 17 days must pass before the Petition shall be brought before the government again.
3. Release of Information
  3.1 Release of information for Wintreath Entities.
    3.1.1 Upon gaining the required number of votes the monarch may either:
             a) Open the ministry to the public
             b) Select a Citizen at random to gather the requested information.
    3.1.2 Should the Monarch choose b, the person must release the information which was asked for in a
            public topic
  3.2 Release of information for Wintreans
    3.2.1 Upon gaining the required number of votes the citizen must release the information to the public
            on a public location on the forums.
    3.2.2 Should a Wintrean leave wintreath during this, except in cases of personal reasons, which shall
            be granted at the Monarch’s Discretion, be labeled for Treason.
4. After the Release of Information
  4.1 Concerning Wintreans
    4.1.1 Upon releasing the requested information the Wintrean does not need to answer any questions
            regarding the matter
  4.2 Concerning Wintreath Entities
    4.2.1 Upon the Release of the Information the Wintreath Entities involved in the release of information
            may be closed once again or the citizen removed from the Entity.
    4.2.2 Should the Release of Information reveal any possible wrong-doing or illegal activities by the
            Entitiy an Examination and/or Investigation of the Entity shall occur according to the Wintreath
            Departments and Ministries Examination and Investigation  Act, should the act not be passed this
            section is void until the passing of the legislation.

 4.3 Concerning Legal action against Wintreans
    4.3.1 Should released information  reveal illegal actions by a Wintrean under the laws of Wintreath,
            charges may be brought against the Wintrean and be settled in court.
5. Exclusions
  5.1 The Following information shall be excluded from this act:
         - Personal Information
         - Information from non-wintreans
         - Information not pertaining to a Wintrean or to Wintreath
         - Information which can cause the potential collapse of the Wintreath Government

Skrifa may vote Aye, Nay, Or Abstain

Aye

Aye.

Abstain

Aye

In accordance to the procedural rules this vote is now closed and it is passed.
Outcome
Aye: 3
Nay: 0
Not Voting: 1
Abstain: 1