Section 33 | Interpretation

  1. The information officer of a public body –
    1. 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
    2. 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 –
    1. 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
    2. 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.