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Malta to adopt freedom of information

01 November 1991

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Malta is likely to become the fourth Commonwealth country to adopt freedom of information legislation. The others are Australia Canada and New Zealand.

Malta, a British dependency until 1964, has an Official Secrets Ordinance passed in 1923 which is almost identical to the old Section 2 of the UK Official Secrets Act 1911. In the past 78 years there have been no prosecution in Malta for leaking official information.

Secrets (Campaign for Freedom of Information), July 1991.

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