Who may request disclosure of information from a public institution under this provision, and how are foreigners treated differently from nationals?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file of this kind, we read the disclosure application form for the name and address given by the requester, the identity papers or registration record filed with it, and any reply from the public institution questioning the requester's status, since the provision turns on whether the requester is a national or a foreigner.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the first paragraph broadly: every national holds the right to request disclosure of information, and the provision attaches no further condition such as a stated purpose, a residence record, or an interest in the information.
Another reading reads the two paragraphs together: the right stated in the first paragraph is written for nationals, while a foreigner's request is not granted or refused by this provision itself but is governed by what a presidential decree provides, so the Act leaves the foreigner's position to that decree rather than to this provision.
Your judgment
If the file shows a requester whose nationality record is unclear, what papers would show which of these two groups the requester belongs to?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We revisit this card if the provision is amended to change who counts as a national or to bring foreigners within the Act itself, or if a court decision decides how far the presidential decree on foreigners' requests may limit the right.