Open Knowledge

Legislation 45% open

Bahrain


What data is expected?

This data category requires all national laws and statutes available to be available online, although it is not a requirement that information on legislative behaviour e.g. voting records is available. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

  • Content of the law / status
  • If applicable, all relevant amendments to the law
  • Date of last amendments
  • Data should be updated at least on quarterly

What data is available

  •   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
  •   Is the data available for free? Yes
  •   Is the data machine readable? No (n/a)
  •   Available in bulk? No
  •   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
  •   Publicly available? Yes(as Legislation published by Legislation and Legal Opinions Commission)
  •   Is data in digital form? Yes
  •   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
  •   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

The Legislation and Legal Opinions Directorate posts the latest laws on its websites as soon as they get published in the Official Gazette. ( http://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/71.aspx?cms=iQRpheuphYtJ6pyXUGiNqkizO3w1IVEN ) The website also provides an advanced law search engine ( http://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/AdvancedSearch.aspx ).

Reviewer comments

The submission is correct.

Contributors

Reviewers

  • Kamil Gregor

Submitters

  • Riyadh Al-Balushi