The Access to Information Act, 2016 (2) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1) that the exempt information disclosed was already in the public domain at the time of disclosure. (3) An information access officer who— (a) refuses to assist a requester who is unable to write to reduce the oral request to writing in the prescribed form and provide a copy to the applicant in accordance with section 8(2); (b) refuses to accept a request for information; (c) fails to respond to a request for information within the prescribed time; or (d) fails to comply with the duty to take reasonable steps to make information available in a form that is capable of being read, viewed or heard by a requester with disability in accordance with section 11(3), commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both. (4) Any person who — (a) charges a fee exceeding the actual costs of making copies of such information and supplying them to the applicant; (b) fails to respond to a request for information required for the exercise or protection of a right in accordance with the requirements of this Act; (c) fails to respond to a request to correct personal information; or (d) it having been ascertained that information held is out of date, inaccurate or incomplete, fails within the 34