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No.6
Access to Information Act
2016
officer to whom the request is made shall reduce the
request into writing in the prescribed form and provide a
copy of the written request to the person requesting.
Notice where
access to
information is
requested
11.-(1) Where access to information is requested,
the information holder to which the request is made shall,
as soon as practicable but not exceeding thirty days after
the request is received(a) give written notice to the person who
made the request as to whether the
information exists and, if it does, whether
access to the information or a part thereof
shall be given; and
(b) if access is to be given, promptly give the
person requesting
access to the
information or a part thereof in the
manner prescribed under this Act.
(2) Where the information holder requires further
information in order to identify and locate the information
requested, it shall, within fourteen days of receiving the of
request for information, notify the person requesting of
the need for such further information and in that case, the
period of fourteen days shall be reckoned from the date on
which such further information is received.
(3) Where the information holder is satisfied that
the information requested(a) does not exist; or
(b) has already been published and it is in
public domain,
the information holder shall inform the person who made
the request to that effect.
Access to
documents
other than
under this Act
12. Nothing in this Act shall prevent the
information holder from publishing or giving access to
documents, otherwise than as required by this Act, where
it has the discretion to do so or such information holder is
required by law to do so.