Chapter III: Procedures to exercise the right of access to information
Article 7: Every public body or affiliated structure, depending on its size, should set up either a
service, or an office in charge of disclosing information, inquires or documents requested.
The office should be accessible and indicated to users.
Article 8: Every public body or affiliated structure should appoint a civil servant or an employee
in charge of information and ensure that the public has easy access to information about this civil
servant or employee; especially his name, his role and his contact details.
This civil servant or employee in charge of information, should, in addition to obligations
assigned to him by the present law, have the following duties:
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Receive requests for information;
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Assist requestors;
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And ensure proper archiving of documents in view of making them available
to requestors.
The rules of organization and functioning of services or offices in charge of access to
information are established by decree or decision of the head of the public body or affiliated
structure.
Article 9: Each public body or affiliated structure must ensure that its civil servants or employees
receive appropriate training on the right to information and the effective implementation of this
law.
Article 10: Every person who desires to obtain a document should make a request to the public
body or affiliated structure that is in possession of it.
This request can be written or oral. The written request should contain the full particulars of the
requestor, a clear and precise indication of the document and the form in which it is required.
The requestor must sign the request.
An oral request is recorded with the same indications in a register and endorsed by the requestor.
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