Chapter I
section 2
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 the Central Information
Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of section 12;
*(c)* "*Central Public Information Officer*" means the Central Public
Information Officer designated under sub-section (1) and includes a Central
Assistant Public Information Officer designated as such under sub-section
(2) of section 5;
*(d)* "*Chief Information Commissioner*" and "*Information Commissioner*"
mean the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner
appointed under sub-section (3) of section 12;
*(e)* "*competent authority*" means—
(i) the Speaker in the case of the House of the People or the
Legislative Assembly of a State or a Union territory having such Assembly
and the Chairman in the case of the Council of States or Legislative
Council of a State;
(ii) the Chief Justice of India in the case of the Supreme Court;
(iii) the Chief Justice of the High Court in the case of a High Court;
(iv) the President or the Governor, as the case may be, in the case of
other authorities established or constituted by or under the Constitution;
(v) the administrator appointed under article 239 of the Constitution;
*(f)* "*information*" means any material in any form, including records,
documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars,
orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data
material held in any electronic form and information relating to any
private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other
law for the time being in force;
*(g)* "*prescribed*" means prescribed by rules made under this Act by the
appropriate Government or the competent authority, as the case may be;
*(h)* "*public authority*" means any authority or body or institution of
self- government established or constituted—
(a) by or under the Constitution;
(b) by any other law made by Parliament;
(c) by any other law made by State Legislature;
(d) by notification issued or order made by the appropriate
Government, and includes any—
(i) body owned, controlled or substantially financed;
(ii) non-Government organisation substantially financed,
directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate Government;
*(i)* "*record*" includes—
(a) any document, manuscript and file;
(b) any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document;
(c) any reproduction of image or images embodied in such
microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and
(d) any other material produced by a computer or any other device;
*(j)* "*right to information*" means the right to information accessible
under this Act which is held by or under the control of any public
authority and includes the right to—
(i) inspection of work, documents, records;
(ii) taking notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or
records;
(iii) taking certified samples of material;
(iv) obtaining information in the form of diskettes, floppies, tapes,
video cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts where
such information is stored in a computer or in any other device;
*(k)* "*State Information Commission*" means the State Information
Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of section 15;
*(l)* "*State Chief Information Commissioner*" and "State Information
Commissioner" mean the State Chief Information Commissioner and the State
Information Commissioner appointed under sub-section (3) of section 15;
*(m)* "*State Public Information Officer*" means the State Public
Information Officer designated under sub-section (1) and includes a State
Assistant Public Information Officer designated as such under sub-section
(2) of section 5.
On 03-Jul-2016 9:47 pm, "Nagara Shavalligi" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> sir please add this to ss.stf
> [email protected]
> On Jul 1, 2016 6:51 PM, "Basavaraja Naika H.D." <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Chapter I
>>
>> Section 1
>>
>> *1. Short title, extent and commencement:*
>>
>> *(1)* This Act may be called the Right to Information Act, 2005.
>>
>> *(2)* It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and
>> Kashmir.
>>
>> *(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 of this Act shall come into
>> force on the one hundred and twentieth day of its enactment.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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