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M-97

Document		M-97


File #		M-9200203


Institution/HIC		Belleville Board of Commissioners of Police


Summary		The Belleville Board of Commissioners of Police (the Police) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to the name of a deceased person whose body was found in a field. The Police provided the requester with partial access to a record titled "Sudden Death Report", which set out particulars of the discovery of the body, but denied access to the name and other identifying particulars of the deceased, the individuals who discovered the body, and the officers who attended the scene. The Police severed this information on the grounds that disclosure of the severed portions of the record would constitute an unjustified invasion of personal privacy under section 14 of the Act. The requester appealed the decision of the Police to deny access to the name of the deceased. The appellant is interested only in the name of the deceased, and not in other personal information of the deceased or of other persons identified in the record.


Legislation		MFIPPA 14(1)(f) 2(1) personal information


Subject Index		deceased person Deceased Persons


Signed by		Holly Big Canoe


Published		Mar 09, 1993


Type		Order


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