Imposition and Collection of Fines by the IC

a) The Information Commission may impose or realize fines with reference to the disposal of any compliant on the following grounds:

 1. if the Designated Officer has refused to receive any request for information or an appeal without assigning any reason;

2. has failed to provide information to the applicant or to make decision within the time-limit determined by the Act;

3. has refused to receive a request or an appeal with malafide intention;

4. has provided wrong, incomplete, confusing and distorted information in place of the information that was sought for;

5. has created impediments in receiving information.

b) the Information Commission may impose fine for per day 50 (fifty) taka from the date of doing such action by the Officer-in-charge to the date of providing information up to maximum 5000 (five thousand) taka. 

The Information Commission shall, before imposing any fine, give the Designated Officer an opportunity of hearing.

c) the Information Commission, in addition to imposing fine, recommend the concerned authority to take departmental action against the officer, treating his such act to be a misconduct, and may request the authority to inform the Information Commissioner about the action taken last in respect of this manner.