! Lodging! Complaints!to! Information! Commissioner! ! ! ! ! ! ! Power!to!refuse! appeals! ! Unofficial)translation) ! ! ! (b)! The!Information!Commissioner!has!the!power! to!accept!an!appeal,!even!after!the!lapse!of!the! period!mentioned!in!subsection!(a)!of!this! section.!The!Information!Commissioner!may! accept!the!submission!of!a!late!appeal,!where! the!Commissioner!believes!there!is!a!reasonable! justification!for!the!delay.! ! 60! Without!subjecting!limitations!or!omissions!to!the! provisions!mentioned!in!section!15!of!this!Act,!an! applicant!making!a!request!for!information,!has!the! power!to!appeal!directly!to!the!Information! Commissioner,!in!the!following!circumstances:! ! ! (a)! where!the!applicant!is!unable!to!access! information!from!a!specific!state@office,!because! no!Information!Officer!has!been!appointed!to! that!state@office;! ! ! (b)! where!a!state@office!refuses!to!receive!an! application!of!request!for!information!without! reasonable!justification;! ! ! (c)! where!the!Information!Officer!refuses!or! neglects!to!provide!a!receipt!notifying!that!the! request!has!been!duly!applied!under!this!Act;! ! ! (d)! where!the!Information!Officer!fails!to!comply!to! a!request!for!access!to!information!within!the! time!limits!required!under!this!Act;! ! ! (e)! where!the!Information!Officer!or!the!state@office! attributed!to!the!Information!Officer!fails!to! comply!with!a!directive!issued!by!the! Information!Commissioner;! ! ! (f)! where!the!Information!Officer!or!the!state@office! attributed!to!the!Information!Officer,!breaches! any!provision!prescribed!in!this!Act!regarding! access!to!information.! ! 61! (a)! The!Information!Commissioner!has!the!power! to!refuse!appeals!lodged!before!him!as!under! section!60!of!this!Act,!in!the!following! circumstances:! ! ! ! (1)! where!the!appeal!has!no!substantial! 31!