No.6
Cap. 47
Use of the
information
Access to Information Act
2016
13
(d) in the case of an information by which
words are recorded in a manner in which
they are capable of being reproduced in
the form of sound or in which words are
contained in
shorthand writing or
codified, by provision of a written
transcript of the words recorded or
contained in the information;
(e) in the case of a person with a sensory
disability, by provision of a record in a
format that allows the person to read or
listen to the record of the information.
(2) Where a person who made the request has
requested access in a particular form, the information
holder may issue the information in a form he deems
proper.
(3) Where the form of access requested:
(a) contravenes the provisions of the
National Security Act;
(b) interferes unreasonably with the
operations of the information holder;
(c) is detrimental to the preservation of
the information or having regard to the
physical nature of the information it is
not appropriate;
(d) would involve inordinate huge cost or
time to the information holder; or
(e) would involve an infringement of a
copyright other than a copyright owned
by the Government subsisting in the
information, access in that form may be
refused and given in another form.
18.-(1) Subject to the provisions of section 6, a
person who receives the information from the information
holder shall not distort such information.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions
of subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, upon
conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not less
than two years but not exceeding five years.