THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

ACT NO. 22 OF 2005 · Enacted [15th June, 2005.] · 31 sections

PRELIMINARY

Section 1.Short title, extent and commencement.

Section 2.Definitions.

RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND OBLIGATIONS OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

Section 3.Right to information.

Section 4.Obligations of public authorities.

Section 5.Designation of Public Information Officers.

Section 6.Request for obtaining information.

Section 7.Disposal of request.

Section 8.Exemption from disclosure of information.

Section 9.Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases.

Section 10.Severability.

Section 11.Third party information.

THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION

Section 12.Constitution of Central Information Commission.

Section 13.Terms of office and conditions of service.

Section 14.Removal of Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner.

THE STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION

Section 15.Constitution of State Information Commission.

Section 16.Term of office and conditions of service.

Section 17.Removal of State Chief Information Commissioner or State Information Commissioner.

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONS, APPEAL AND PENALTIES

Section 18.Powers and functions of Information Commissions.

Section 19.Appeal.

Section 20.Penalties.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 21.Protection of action taken in good faith.

Section 22.Act to have overriding effect.

Section 23.Bar of jurisdiction of courts.

Section 24.Act not to apply to certain organisations.

Section 25.Monitoring and reporting.

Section 26.Appropriate Government to prepare programmes.

Section 27.Power to make rules by appropriate Government.

Section 28.Power to make rules by competent authority.

Section 29.Laying of rules.

Section 30.Power to remove difficulties.

Section 31.Repeal.