Article 19. Procedure for Granting Information on the Activities of Government Bodies and Bodies of Local Self-Government by Request 1. Information on the activities of government bodies and bodies of local selfgovernment is granted by request in the form of response to the request, which contains the requested information or to which the requested information is attached, or which according to Article 20 of the present Federal Law contains a justified refusal to grant the above-specified information. The response to the request should specify the name, mailing address of the government body or the body of local self-government, the official position of the signatory to the response, as well as identification information of the response to the request (registration number and date). 2. In responding to a request, the official language of the Russian Federation is used. In responding to a request received by the government body or body of local self-government of a republic that is part of the Russian Federation, the use of the official language of this republic is determined by the legislation of such republic. Use in response to a request received by the government body of the subject of the Russian Federation or a body of local selfgovernment of other languages of peoples of the Russian Federation is determined by the legislation of the subject of the Russian Federation. 3. Upon request for information on the activities of government bodies or bodies of local selfgovernment, which is published in mass media or placed on the “Internet”, the government body or body of local self-government may, in response to the request, limit itself to stating the name, outgoing date and number of the issue of mass media in which the requested information is published, and (or) the electronic address of official website on which the required information has been placed. 4. If the requested information pertains to information of restricted access, the response to the request should specify the type, name, number and date of issue of the act, according to which access to this information is restricted. If part of the requested information relates to information of restricted access, and the remaining information is of public domain, the government body or body of local selfgovernment is obliged to provide the required information, except for information of restricted access. 5. Response to the request is subject to obligatory registration by the government body or body of local self-government. Article 20. Conditions Excluding Possibility of Granting of Information on the Activities of Government Bodies and Bodies of Local Self-Government 1. Information on activities of government bodies and bodies of local selfgovernment is not granted in the following cases: 1. the content of the request does not allow for determination of the requested information on the activities of government bodies and bodies of local self-government; 2. the request does not specify mailing address, email or fax number for forwarding a response to the request, nor telephone number by which it is possible to contact the information user who had sent