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.