6. Procedure of getting information.- (1) A person desirous of obtaining information shall make an application to the Public Information Officer in the prescribed manner along with such fees, in such form and with such particulars, as may be prescribed. (2) On receipt of an application requesting for information under sub-section (I), the Public Information Officer shall, as expeditiously as possible and in any case, not later than fifteen working days from the date of receipt of the application, either provide the information as requested or reject the request for any of the reasons specified under the provisions of this Act: Provided that, ins a suitable case for the reasons to be recorded and communicated to the applicant, the time limit may be extended by another fifteen working days: Provided further that, where it is decided to provide the information on payment of any additional fees than the fees prescribed representing the cost of providing the necessary information, the Public Information Officer shall send an intimation to the applicant giving the details of the additional fees determined by him, requesting him to deposit the additional fees, and the period intervening the dispatch of the said intimation and payment of such additional fees, if any, shall be excluded for the purpose of calculating the period of fifteen working days or the additional period of fifteen days as the case may be, referred to in this sub-section: Provided also that, the fees prescribed or the additional fees payable, as the case may be, shall not exceed the actual cost of supplying the information. (3) Where a request is rejected under sub-section (2), the Public Information Officer shall communicate in writing to the person making the request. -- (i) the reasons for such rejection; (ii) the period within which an appeal, against such rejection may be preferred; and (iii) the officer or authority before whom the appeal shall be preferred by the applicant. (4) The information shall be provided in the language and in the form in which it is maintained by the public authority. (5) Whenever and wherever the information applied for, involves the life and liberty of a person, such information shall, subject to the provisions of section 7, be supplied to the applicant within twenty-four hours of the receipt of the information. | 
