Section 5 – THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

Designation of Public Information Officers

—(1) Every public authority shall, within one
hundred days of the enactment of this Act, designate as many officers as the Central Public Information
Officers or State Public Information Officers, as the case may be, in all administrative units or offices
under it as may be necessary to provide information to persons requesting for the information under this
Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), every public authority shall designate an
officer, within one hundred days of the enactment of this Act, at each sub-divisional level or other subdistrict level as a Central Assistant Public Information Officer or a State Assistant Public Information
Officer, as the case may be, to receive the applications for information or appeals under this Act for
forwarding the same forthwith to the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information
Officer or senior officer specified under sub-section (1) of section 19 or the Central Information
Commission or the State Information Commission, as the case may be:
Provided that where an application for information or appeal is given to a Central Assistant Public
Information Officer or a State Assistant Public Information Officer, as the case may be, a period of five
days shall be added in computing the period for response specified under sub-section (1) of section 7.
(3) Every Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be,
shall deal with requests from persons seeking information and render reasonable assistance to the persons
seeking such information.
(4) The Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be,
may seek the assistance of any other officer as he or she considers it necessary for the proper discharge of
his or her duties.
(5) Any officer, whose assistance has been sought under sub-section (4), shall render all assistance to
the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, seeking
his or her assistance and for the purposes of any contravention of the provisions of this Act, such other
officer shall be treated as a Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the
case may be.

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