4. the form wherein access to the public information requested will be granted;
5. the costs incidental to the granting of access to the public informationrequested.
(2) The decision may name any other public authorities, organizations or persons which or who possess more
comprehensive information.
(3) The decision to grant access to the public information requested shall be delivered to the applicant upon signed
acknowledgement or shall be dispatched by mail with advice of delivery.
(4) The period of time referred to in Item 2 of Paragraph (1) may not be shorter than thirty days reckoned from the date
of receipt of the decision.
Granting Access to Public Information Requested
Article 35. (1) Access to public information shall be granted after paymentof the prescribed costs and upon
presentation of documentary proof of payment.
(2) A memorandum on the granting of access to public information shall be drafted and signed by the applicant and by
the competent officer.
Relinquishment by Applicant of Access Granted
Article 36. Should an applicant fail to present himself or herself within the period fixed under Article 34 (4) herein, or
should the applicant fail to pay the prescribed costs, the said applicant shall be presumed to have relinquished the access
granted thereto to the public information requested.
Section III
Refusal of Access to Public Information
Grounds for Refusal of Access
Article 37. (Amended, SG No. 45/2002, SG No. 59/2006, SG No. 104/2008) (1) Access to public information may
be refused on any of the following grounds:
1. the information requested is classified information or another protected secret in the cases provided for by law, as well
as in the cases covered under Article 13 (2) herein;
2. the access affects the interests of a third party, and the said party has not granted explicit written consent to disclosure
of the public information requested, except in the cases of an overriding public interest;
3. the public information requested has been disclosed to the applicant during the last preceding six months.
(2) In the cases covered under Paragraph (1), partial access shall be granted solely to such part of the information to
which access is not restricted.
Contents of Decision to Refuse Access
Article 38. Any decision to refuse access to public information shall statethe grounds of fact and law for refusal under
this Act, the date of making the decision, and the procedure for appeal against the said decision.
Delivery of Decision to Refuse Access
Article 39. Any decision to refuse access to public information shall be delivered to the applicant upon signed
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