THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

Third party information —(1) Where a Central Public Information Officer or a State PublicInformation Officer, as the case may be, intends to disclose any information or record, or part thereof on a9request made under this Act, which relates to or has been supplied by a third party and has been treated asconfidential by that third […]

Severability —(/) Where a request for access to information is rejected on the ground that it is inrelation to information which is exempt from disclosure, then, notwithstanding anything contained in thisAct, access may be provided to that part of the record which does not contain any information which isexempt from disclosure under this Act and

Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases Without prejudice to the provisions of section8, a Central Public Information Officer or a State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, mayreject a request for information where such a request for providing access would involve an infringementof copyright subsisting in a person other than the

Exemption from disclosure of information —(]) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act,there shall be no obligation to give any citizen,—(a) information, disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity ofIndia, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, relation with foreign State orlead to incitement of an offence;(b) information which has

Request for obtaining information —(1) A person, who desires to obtain any information underthis Act, shall make a request in writing or through electronic means in English or Hindi or in the officiallanguage of the area in which the application is being made, accompanying such fee as may beprescribed, to—(a) the Central Public Information Officer

Designation of Public Information Officers —(1) Every public authority shall, within onehundred days of the enactment of this Act, designate as many officers as the Central Public InformationOfficers or State Public Information Officers, as the case may be, in all administrative units or officesunder it as may be necessary to provide information to persons requesting

Obligations of public authorities —(/) Every public authority shall—(a) maintain all its records duly catalogued and indexed in a maimer and the form whichfacilitates the right to information under this Act and ensure that all records that are appropriate to becomputerised are, within a reasonable time and subject to availability of resources, computerised andconnected through

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Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) “appropriate Government” means in relation to a public authority which is established,constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly—(i) by the Central Government or the Union territory administration, the Central Government;(ii) by the State Government, the State Government;(b) “Central Information Commission” means

Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Right to InformationAct, 2005.(2) It extends to the whole of Indial***.(3) The provisions of sub-section (1) of section 4, sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 5, sections 12,13, 15,16, 24, 27 and 28 shall come into force at once, and the remaining provisions