A transfer of request shall be made no later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of the
request and with prompt notice served the requester.
Section 3.14 Further Transfer of Requests: Where a request for information is
transferred to a wrong public authority or private entity, the public authority or entity to
which the request was erroneously transferred may, with notice to the requester, further
transfer the request to another public authority or entity known or reasonably believed to
be the holder of the information. A further transfer shall be made no later than ten (10)
working days after receipt. There shall be only one further transfer, and in making the
one further transfer, the original recipient of the request and the authority or entity
making the further transfer have the obligations to consult and make all efforts to
identify the proper holder of the information so as not to cause further delay in
responding to the request.
Chapter 4.0
Exemptions
Section 4.1 Exhaustive List of Exempted Documents: Subject to the provisions of
Section 4.8, a document, information or record is exempted from disclosure ONLY if it
falls in or under one or more of categories of exempted documents listed in this
Chapter.
Section 4.2 Information Relating to National Defence, Security and International
Relations: A document or record is exempted from disclosure or public access if its
disclosure would cause injury or substantial harm to the security, defence or
international relations of the Republic of Liberia or would divulge any information or
matter communicated in confidence by or on behalf of another country to the
Government.
Section 4.3 Criminal Investigation: A document or record is exempted from disclosure or
public access if its disclosure would cause injury or substantial harm to (1) an ongoing
criminal investigation, (2) disclose the identity of a confidential source assisting with
criminal investigation, or (3) endanger the lives or physical safety of persons involved in
criminal investigation.
Section 4.4 Trade Secrets: A document or record is exempted from disclosure or public
access if its disclosure under this Act would reveal trade secrets belonging to a public
authority or a private entity, or destroy the commercial value or affect the
competitiveness of a public authority or private entity in relation to the business or work
of the authority or entity; provided that this provisions shall not be construed to apply to:
(a) Information on the general business or professional affairs of the authority
or private entity; or
(b) Information on the business, commercial or financial affairs of an
undertaking of which that person, or a person on whose behalf that person
made the request, is a proprietor.
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