No.6
Cap. 47
Use of the
information
Access to Information Act
capable of being reproduced in the form of
sound or in which words are contained in
shorthand writing or codified, by provision
of a written transcript of the words recorded
or contained in the information;
(e) in the case of a person with a sensory
disability, by provision of a record in a
format that allows the person to read or listen
to the record of the information.
(2) Where a person who made the request has
requested access in a particular form, the information
holder may issue the information in a form he deems
proper.
(3) Where the form of access requested:
(a) contravenes the provisions of the National
Security Act;
(b) interferes unreasonably with the operations
of the information holder;
(c) is detrimental to the preservation of the
information or having regard to the physical
nature of the information it is not
appropriate;
(d) would involve inordinate huge cost or time to
the information holder; or
(e) would involve an infringement of a copyright
other than a copyright owned by the
Government subsisting in the information,
access in that form may be refused and given in
another form.
18.-(1) Subject to the provisions of section 6, a
person who receives the information from the information
holder shall not distort such information.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of
subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, upon
conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not less
than two years but not exceeding five years.
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2016
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