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This data category requires all national laws and statutes to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on draft legislation e.g. data on parliamentary lawmaking is available.
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Available free of charge | Yes | Government are available for NAD 3.5 from any government office. However, PDF is available at no cost. |
| Downloadable | Yes | |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Openly licenced | No | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | As soon as a bill is passed and enacted as law it get gazetted and becomes available for anyone to download or buy hard copy. |
| In an open and machine-readable format | ||
| Digital data | No | PDF and word documents |
| Print data | Yes | Yes, all government data is available as government gazette. Hard copy available for purchase at NAD 3.5. However, PDF of all laws available for free at https://laws.parliament.na/about-us/ |
| location | https://laws.parliament.na/about-us/ - Parliament Portal, https://www.lac.org.na/laws/lawsindex.php - Legal Assistance Center Namibia, https://laws.parliament.na/annotated-laws-regulations/ - Index of laws | Can be downloaded in PDF from parliament |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| findable_steps | I have intensively searched, interviewed people who work at Parliament on how law data is handled. | |
| characteristics | Content of the law, Date of last amendment, Amendments to the law (if applicable) | |
| Controlled access | Yes | Yes. Government gazette are available online and one can download the PDF without requesting access |
| Collector name | Parliament of the Republic of Namibia |