Section 10 of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, deals with the concept of 'severability'. It states that if a request for information contains information that is exempt from disclosure, access may be provided to that part of the record which does not contain such exempt information after the severance of the part containing the exempt information.
Which one of the following sections of the RTI Act, 2005 deals with severability ?
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