(5) A public institution shall update and review information required to be published under this
section periodically, and immediately whenever changes occur.
(6) Any person entitled to the right of access conferred by this Bill shall have the right to
institute proceedings in a Court to compel any public institution to comply with the provisions
of this section.
(7) Public institutions are all authorities whether executive, legislative or judicial agencies,
ministries, and extra-ministerial departments of the government, together with all corporations
established by law and all companies in which government has a controlling interest, and also,
private companies utilizing public funds, providing public services or performing public
functions
4. (1) An application for access to a record or information under this Bill shall be made in Request for
access to
accordance with section 2 of this Bill.
records.
(2) For the purpose of this Bill, any information or record applied for under this Bill that does
not exist in print but can by regulation be produced from a machine, normally used by the
government or public institution shall be deemed to be record under the control of the
Government or public institution.
(3) Illiterate or disabled applicants who by virtue of their illiteracy or disability are unable to
make an application for access to information or record in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (1) above, may make that application through a third party.
(4) An authorized official of a government or public institution to whom an applicant makes an
oral application for information or record, shall reduce the application into writing in the form
prescribed under subsection (1) above and shall provide a copy of the written application to the
applicant.
5. Where information is applied for under this Bill, the public institution to which the Time for
application is made shall, subject to sections 6, 7, and 8 of this Bill, within 7 days after the granting or
application is received –
refusing
application.
(a) make the information available to the applicant;
(b) where the public institution considers that the application should be denied, the
institution shall give written notice to the applicant that access to all or part of the
information will not be granted, stating reasons for the denial, and the section of this Bill
under which the denial is made.
6. (1) Where a public institution receives an application for access to information, and the Transfer of
institution is of the view that another public institution has greater interest in the information, application.
the institution to which the application is made may within 3 days but not later than 7 days after
the application is received, transfer the application, and if necessary, the information, to the
other public institution, in which case, the institution transferring the application shall give
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