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Part V · Appointment of Information Officers and Procedure for Gaining Access to Information

28. Refusal of a request to be communicated

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Where a request for information is refused by an information officer, such officer shall specify the following information in the communication to be sent under section 25(1), to the citizen who made the request–

(a)

the grounds on which such request is refused; and

(b)

the period within which and the person to whom an appeal against such refusal may be preferred under section 32 of this Act.

Read on from s 29

Part VI

Appeals Against Rejections

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Part VII

General

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Schedules