(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 Page 3 of 13 House of Reps.

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