Art. 18b (1) Restriction of the duty to provide information
1 Federal bodies may refuse, restrict or defer the provision of information subject to the requirements of Article 9 paragraphs 1 and 2.
2 As soon as the reason for refusal, restriction or deferral ceases to apply, the federal bodies are bound by the duty to provide information unless compliance is not possible or possible only with disproportionate inconvenience or expense.
(1) Inserted by No 3 of the FA of 19 March 2010 on the Implementation of Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, in force since 1 Dec. 2010 (AS 2010 3387; BBl 2009 6749).