12 Data Protection Act, 2018 - 5. and Access Principle and other related provisions of this Act if the application of those provisions to the personal data would be likely to prejudice the proper discharge of those functions; or (f) processed only for journalistic, literary or artistic purposes shall be exempted from the General Principle, Notice and Choice Principle, Disclosure Principle, Retention Principle, Data Integrity Principle and Access Principle and other related provisions of this Act, provided that– (i) the processing is undertaken with a view to the publication by a person of the journalistic, literary or artistic material; (ii) the data user reasonably believes that, taking into account the special importance of public interest in freedom of expression, the publication would be in the public interest; and (iii) the data user reasonably believes that in all the circumstances, compliance with the provision in respect of which the exemption is claimed is incompatible with the journalistic, literary or artistic purposes. 22. Power to make further exemptions. (1) The Minister may, upon the recommendation of the Information Commissioner, by order published in the Gazette exempt– (a) the application of any of the Personal Data Protection Principles under this Act to any data user or class of data users; or (b) any data user or class of data users from all or any of the provisions of this Act. PART V INFORMATION COMMISSIONER 23. Powers of Information Commissioner. The Information Commissioner shall be the Commissioner appointed pursuant to section 35 of the Freedom of Information Act and he or she shall have powers, for the purpose of carrying out his or her functions, to do all such acts as are necessary for or in connection with the carrying out of his or her functions under this Act. 24. Functions of Information Commissioner. The functions of the Information Commissioner include– (a) monitoring compliance by public and private bodies with the provisions of this Act; (b) providing advice to public bodies and private bodies on their obligations under this Act; (c) receiving and investigating complaints about alleged violations of the data protection principles of data subjects and in respect thereof, may make reports to complainants;