2. Details of the information, the disclosure of which is requested by the applicant and methods for
disclosing the information.
(2) When any applicant makes an oral request for disclosing information under paragraph (1), the relevant
applicant shall state his/her request before any public official or any officer and employee who are all in
charge of information disclosure (hereinafter referred to as "public officials, etc. in charge"), and the
public officials, etc. in charge shall make an information disclosure request record and then both the public
officials, etc. in charge and the applicant shall subscribe their name and affix their seal thereon or sign it.
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(3) Matters necessary for methods of making a request for information disclosure, in addition to matters
prescribed in paragraphs (1) and (2), shall be prescribed by the National Assembly Regulations, the
Supreme Court Regulations, the Consitutional Court Regulations, the National Election Commission
Regulations, and Presidential Decree.
Article 11 (Decision on Whether or Not to Disclose Information)
(1) A public institution shall, upon receiving a request for disclosing information under Article 10, decide
whether or not to disclose the requested information within ten days from the date on which such request
is received.
(2) Where a public institution is unable to decide whether or not to disclose information within a period
fixed under paragraph (1) due to inevitable grounds, such public institution may extend the fixed period
for up to ten days, as reckoned from the day following the date on which the previously fixed period
expires. In such cases, the public institution shall promptly notify in writing the applicant of the fact of the
extension and the grounds for extension.
(3) Where a public institution recognizes that information, the disclosure of which is requested, pertains,
in whole or in part, to a third party, the public institution shall inform the third party of the fact without
delay and may, if necessary, hear his/her opinions.
(4) Where a public institution receives a request for the disclosure of information that is held and managed
by another public institution, the former shall transfer without delay the request to the latter and then
promptly serve a written notice on the relevant applicant, explicitly indicating a public institution in
charge and the grounds for transferring such request, etc.
Article 12 (Information Disclosure Council)
(1) State agencies, local governments, and public enterprises under Article 5 of the Act on the
Management of Public Institutions (hereinafter referred to as “State agencies, etc.”) shall establish and
operate the Information Disclosure Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”) to deliberate on
whether to disclose information under Article 11.
(2) The Council shall consist of not less than five, but not more than seven members, including one
chairperson.
(3) The members of the Council, with the exception of the chairperson, shall be designated or
commissioned from among public officials, officers and employees belonging to the relevant public