7. (1) within thirty days

7. (1) Subject to the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 5 or the proviso to sub-
section (3) of section 6, the Central Public Information Officer or State Public
Information Officer, as the case may be, on receipt of a request undersection 6 shall,
as expeditiously as possible, and in any case within thirty days of the receipt of the
request, either provide the information on payment of such fee as may be prescribed or
reject the request for any of the reasons specified in sections 8 and 9: