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(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) and (2), if a
request made under sub-section (1) of section 8 is relating to the life and death,
arrest and release from jail of any person, the officer-in-charge shall provide
preliminary information thereof within 24 (twenty-four) hours.
(5) Where the officer-in-charge fails to provide information within the timeframe as mentioned in sub-section (1), (2) or (4), it shall be presumed that the
request for information has been rejected.
(6) When any information sought for is available with the officer-in-charge,
he shall determine a reasonable price of that information and shall request the
applicant to pay the price within 5(five) working days.
(7) For determining the price under sub-section (6), the price shall not
exceed the actual expense of providing information such as cost of printing
electronic format or photocopying or print-out.
(8) Where an officer-in-charge thinks that the request made for information
under sub-section (1) of section 8 is appropriate, and such information has been
supplied by a third party or a third party’s interest is involved in it and the third
party has considered it as secret information, the officer-in-charge shall cause a
notice to be served upon the third party within 5(five) working days for written or
oral opinion, and if the third party gives any opinion in response to such notice,
the officer-in-charge shall take into consideration such opinion and make a
decision in respect of providing information to the applicant.
(9) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 7, no request for
information may be totally rejected on the ground that it is associated with
information that is not mandatory for publication, and the portion of the
requested information which in not mandatory for publication and is reasonably
separable form the portion shall be provided to the applicant.
(10) Where access to the record or a part thereof is required to be provided
to a perceptual handicapped, the officer-in-charge shall provide assistance to him
to enable him to access such information and such assistance shall deem to
include any assistance which is required for such inspection.
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