Right to Information Act, 2005

Bare act text of all 31 sections of the RTI Act.

Chapter I: Preliminary

SectionTitle / Offence
1Short title, extent and commencement
2Definitions

Chapter II: Right to Information and Obligations of Public Authorities

SectionTitle / Offence
3Right to information
4Obligations of public authorities
5Designation of Public Information Officers
6Request for obtaining information
7Disposal of request
8Exemption from disclosure of information
9Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases
10Severability
11Third party information

Chapter III: The Central Information Commission

SectionTitle / Offence
12Constitution of Central Information Commission
13Term of office and conditions of service
14Removal of Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner

Chapter IV: The State Information Commission

SectionTitle / Offence
15Constitution of State Information Commission
16Term of office and conditions of service
17Removal of State Chief Information Commissioner or State Information Commissioner

Chapter V: Powers and Functions of the Information Commissions, Appeal and Penalties

SectionTitle / Offence
18Powers and functions of Information Commissions
19Appeal
20Penalties

Chapter VI: Miscellaneous

SectionTitle / Offence
21Protection of action taken in good faith
22Act to have overriding effect
23Bar of jurisdiction of courts
24Act not to apply to certain organisations
25Monitoring and reporting
26Appropriate Government to prepare programmes
27Power to make rules by appropriate Government
28Power to make rules by competent authority
29Laying of rules
30Power to remove difficulties
31Repeal

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