Section 3: Request for access to records

(1) An application for access to a record or information under this Act shall be made in accordance with Section I of this Act
(2) For the purpose of this Act, any information or record applied for under this Act that does not exist in print but can by regulation be produced from a machine, normally used by the government or public institution shall be deemed to be record under the control of the government or public institution
(3) Illiterate or disabled applicants who by virtue of their illiteracy or disability are unable to make an application for access to information or record in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section, may make that application through a third party.
(4) An authorized official of a government or public institution to whom an applicant makes an oral application for information or record, shall reduce the application into writing in the manner prescribed under sub-section (1) of this Section and shall provide a copy of the written application to the applicant.