Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act 2 of 2000)
Part 2: Access to Records of Public Bodies
Chapter 4: Grounds for Refusal of Access to Records
33. Interpretation

 

 

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1)        The information officer of a public body--

a)        must refuse a request for access to a record contemplated in section 34(1), 35(1), 36(1), 37(1)(a), 38(a), 39(1)(a), 40 or 43(1); or

b)        may refuse a request for access to a record contemplated in section 37(1)(b), 38(b), 39(1)(b), 41(1)(a) or (b), 42(1) or (3), 43(2), 44(1) or (2) or 45,

unless the provisions of section 46 apply.

 

2)        A provision of this Chapter in terms of which a request for access to a record must or may or may not be refused, may not be construed as--

a)        limited in its application in any way by any other provision of this Chapter in terms of which a request for access to a record must or may or may not be refused; and

b)        not applying to a particular record by reason that another provision of this Chapter in terms of which a request for access to a record must or may or may not be refused, also applies to that record.