Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
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Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000)Part 3 : Access to Records of Private BodiesChapter 3 : Manner of Access59. Severability |
| (1) | If a request for access is made to a record of a private body containing information which may or must be refused in terms of any provision of Chapter 4 of this Part, every part of the record which— |
| (a) | does not contain; and |
| (b) | can reasonably be severed from any part that contains, |
any such information must, despite any other provision of this Act, be disclosed.
(2) If a request for access to—
| (a) | a part of a record is granted; and |
| (b) | the other part of the record is refused, |
as contemplated in subsection (1), the provisions of section 56(2) apply to paragraph (a) of this subsection and the provisions of section 56(3) to paragraph (b) of this subsection.
[Section 59(2) substituted by section 40 of Act No. 42 of 2001]
