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

29. Where information requested for was supplied by a third party

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

(1)

Where a request made to an information officer by any citizen to disclose information which relates to, or has been supplied by a third party and such information has been treated as confidential at the time the information was supplied, the information officer shall, within one week of the receipt of such request, invite such third party by notice issued in writing, to make representation for or against such disclosure, within seven days of the receipt of the notice.

(2)

An information officer shall be required in making his decision on any request made for the disclosure of information which relates to or has been supplied by a third party, to take into consideration the representations made by such third party under subsection (1), and shall, where the third party-

(a)

does not respond to the notice, disclose information requested for;

(b)

responds to the notice and agrees to the disclosure of the information requested for, disclose such information;

(c)

responds to the notice and refuses to the disclosure of the information requested for, deny access to the information requested for:

Provided however, the Commission may on the application made in that behalf by the citizen making the request, direct the disclosure of the information in question notwithstanding any objections raised by such third party against its disclosure, where the release of the information concerned demonstrably outweighs the private interest in non disclosure.

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Part VI

Appeals Against Rejections

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Part VII

General

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Schedules