Right to Information Act, 2005

Section - 1 - Short title, extent and commencement

Section - 2 - Definitions

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

Section - 12 - Constitution of Central Information Commission

Section - 13 - Term of office and conditions of service

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

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

Section - 18 - Powers and functions of Information Commissions

Section - 19 - Appeal

Section - 20 - Penalties

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

SCH I - Form of oath or affirmation to be made by the Chief Information Commissioner/the Information Commissioner/the State Chief Information Commissioner/the State Information Commissioner

SCH II - Intelligence and security organisation established by the Central Government

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