No. 19of 2004.
The Freedom of Znformation
Act, 2004.
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of the public authority pursuant to, or promoting compliance with,
this Act, which shall include information about-
(a)
the number of requests for information received,
granted in full or in part, or refused;
(b)
how often and which provisions of this Act were
relied upon to refuse, in part or in full, requests for
information;
(c)
appeals from refusals to communicate information;
(d)
fees charged for requests for information; and
(e)
its activities pursuant to sections 10 and 12.
PART m
RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION
15. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and subject
to the provisions of this Act, every person has the right to
obtain, on request, access to information.
Right of access.
(2) Nothing in this Act shall prevent a public authority from
giving access to documents or information other than as required
by this Act where it has the discretion to do so or where it is
required to do so by any written law or order of a court.
16. (1) A person is not entitled to obtain, in accordance with
the procedure provided for in this Part, access to -
(a)
a document which contains information that is open
to public access, as part of a public register or other
document, in accordance with any other written law,
where that access is subject to a fee or any other
charge;
(b)
a document which contains information that is
available for purchase by the public in accordance
with arrangements made by a public authority;
(c)
a document that is available for public inspection in
a regisby maintained by the Registrar or other public
authority;
Access
procedure not to
apply to certain
documents.