! ! Acknowledging!a! request!for! information! ! ! ! ! ! ! Refusal!to! disclose!the! information! requested! ! Unofficial)translation) ! whether!the!information!cannot!be!given! within!21!(twenty@one)!days;! ! ! (b)! Where!a!state@office!fails!to!notify!anything!to! the!applicant!who!has!made!a!request!to!access! information!within!30!(thirty)!days!of!such! request,!that!office!shall!for!the!purposes!of!this! Act!be!considered!to!have!refused!access!to! such!information.! ! 12! Where!a!request!for!access!to!information!is!received! to!a!state@office,!it!shall!reply!to!the!applicant!in! writing,!informing!the!following:! ! ! (a)! Where!the!application!is!accepted,!notice! thereof,!the!amount!payable!for!the!disclosure! of!the!requested!information!and!the!manner!in! which!the!information!would!be!disclosed;! ! ! (b)! where!the!application!is!not!accepted,!notice! thereof!and!the!reason(s)!thereof;!! ! ! (c)! whether!the!information!requested!is!available! or!not!from!the!state@office!to!which!the!request! was!made;!! ! ! (d)! where!the!information!requested!is!in!the! custody!of!the!state@office!but!cannot!be! disclosed,!the!reason(s)!for!non@disclosure;! ! ! (e)! where!the!information!requested!cannot!be! disclosed!within!21!(twenty@one)!days,!the! reason(s)!for!delay;! ! ! (f)! that!the!applicant!has!the!right!to!appeal!under! this!Act,!should!the!applicant!wish!to!appeal!the! response!given!to!him!in!accordance!to! subsections!(b),!(c),!(d)!and!(e)!of!this!section.! ! 13! (a)! On!receiving!a!request!to!access!information,! the!Information!officer!of!the!related!state@ office!may!refuse!to!disclose!the!information!if:! ! ! (3)! ! ! (1)! the!request!relates!to!information! exempted!by!this!Act,!and!does!not!meet! any!of!the!circumstances!specified!in! section!20!of!this!Act,!or! ! 7!