Section 7
Disposal of request
Subject to the or the , the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, on receipt of a request under shall, as expeditiously as possible, and in any case within thirty days of the receipt of the request, either provide the information on payment of such fee as may be prescribed or reject the request for any of the reasons specified in sections and :
Provided that where the information sought for concerns the life or liberty of a person, the same shall be provided within forty-eight hours of the receipt of the request.
If the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, fails to give decision on the request for information within the period specified under , the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have refused the request.
Where a request has been rejected under , the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall communicate to the person making the request,—
the reasons for such rejection;
the period within which an appeal against such rejection may be preferred; and
the particulars of the appellate authority.
An information shall ordinarily be provided in the form in which it is sought unless it would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority or would be detrimental to the safety or preservation of the record in question.
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