(vi)
the names, salaries, titles and dates of employment of all employees and officers of the
institution;
(vii)
the right of the state, public institutions, or of any private person(s)
(viii) the name of every official and the final records of voting in all proceedings of the institution;
(e)
(f)
3.
4.
5.
a list of –
(i)
files containing applications for any contract, permit, grants, licenses or agreements,
(ii)
reports, documents, studies, or' publications prepared by independent contractors for the
institution, and
(iii)
materials containing information relating to any grant or contract made by or between the
institution and another public institution or private organization;
the title and address of the appropriate officer of the institution to whom an application for
information under this Act shall be sent, provided that the failure of any public institution to
publish any information under this subsection shall not prejudicially affect the public's right
of access to information in the custody of such public institution.
(4)
A public institution shall ensure that information referred to in this section is widely disseminated and made
readily available to members of the public through various means, including print, electronic and online
sources, and at the offices of such public institutions.
(5)
A public institution shall update and review information required to be published under this section
periodically, and immediately whenever changes occur
(6)
A person entitled to the right of access conferred by this Act shall have the right to institute proceedings in the
Court to compel any public institution to comply with the provisions of this section.
(7)
Public institutions are all authorities whether executive, legislative or judicial agencies, ministries, and extraministerial departments of the government, together with all corporations established by law and all
companies in which government has a controlling interest, and private companies utilizing public funds,
providing public services or performing public functions.
An application for access to a record or information under this Act shall be made in accordance with Section 1 of this
Act,
(2)
For the purpose of this Act, any information or record applied for under this Act that does not exist in
print but can by regulation be produced from a machine, normally used by the government or public
institution shall be deemed to be record under the control of the government or public institution.
(3)
Illiterate or disabled applicants who by virtue of their illiteracy or disability are unable to make an
application for access to information or record in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of
this Section, may make that application through a third party.
(4)
An authorized official of a government or public institution to whom an applicant makes an oral
application for information or record, shall reduce the application into writing in the manner prescribed
under subsection (1) of this Section and shall provide a copy of the written application to the applicant.
Where information is applied for under this Act the public institution to which the application is made shall, subject
to sections 6, 7, and 8 of this Act, within 7 days after the application is received(a)
make the information available to the applicant
(b)
Where the public institution considers that the application should be denied, the institution shall give written
notice to the applicant that access to all or part of the information will not be granted, stating reasons for the
denial, and the section of this Act under which the denial is made.
(1)
Where a public institution receives an application for access to information, and the institution is of the view
that another public institution has greater interest in the information, the institution to which the application is made