Right to information: request by written or electronic application, assistance for oral requests, and mandatory transfer. Requests under the Right to Information must be made in writing or electronically in prescribed languages with the prescribed fee to designated Public Information Officers; officers must assist oral applicants to reduce requests to writing. Applicants need not state reasons and must supply only necessary contact details. If the requested information is held by, or more connected to, another public authority, the receiving authority must transfer the application or the relevant part and inform the applicant, effectuating the transfer within the statutory short timeframe.
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Right to information: request by written or electronic application, assistance for oral requests, and mandatory transfer.
Requests under the Right to Information must be made in writing or electronically in prescribed languages with the prescribed fee to designated Public Information Officers; officers must assist oral applicants to reduce requests to writing. Applicants need not state reasons and must supply only necessary contact details. If the requested information is held by, or more connected to, another public authority, the receiving authority must transfer the application or the relevant part and inform the applicant, effectuating the transfer within the statutory short timeframe.
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