Section List

Act Number: 22

Act Name: The Right to Information Act, 2005

Year: 2005

Enactment Date: 2005-06-15

Long Title: An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department: Department of Personnel and Training

Section NumberTitleActions
1 Short title, extent and commencement.
2 Definitions.
3 Right to information.
4 Obligations of public authorities.
5 Designation of Public Information Officers.
6 Request for obtaining information.
7 Disposal of request.
8 Exemption from disclosure of information.
9 Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases.
10 Severability.
11 Third party information.
12 Constitution of Central Information Commission.
13 Terms of office and conditions of service.
14 Removal of Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner.
15 Constitution of State Information Commission.
16 Term of office and conditions of service.
17 Removal of State Chief Information Commissioner or State Information Commissioner.
18 Powers and functions of Information Commissions.
19 Appeal.
20 Penalties.
21 Protection of action taken in good faith.
22 Act to have overriding effect.
23 Bar of jurisdiction of courts.
24 Act not to apply to certain organisations.
25 Monitoring and reporting.
26 Appropriate Government to prepare programmes.
27 Power to make rules by appropriate Government.
28 Power to make rules by competent authority.
29 Laying of rules.
30 Power to remove difficulties.
31 Repeal.
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