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Act 22 of 2005

This is a second copy of a Central Act. India Code files it on Uttarakhand's shelf as well as under Parliament, and the text is the same enactment. Read it at The Right to Information Act, 2005, which is the record this site keeps current.

Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

1. s. 4 Obligations of public authorities
2. s. 5 Designation of Public Information Officers
3. s. 12 Constitution of Central Information Commission
4. s. 13 Term of office and conditions of service
5. s. 15 Constitution of State Information Commission
6. s. 16 Term of office and conditions of service
7. s. 24 Act not to apply in certain organisations
8. s. 27 Power to make rules by appropriate Government
9. s. 28 Power to make rules by competent authority

Questions about Section 1

What does Section 1 of the Right to Information deal with?

Section 1 of the Right to Information is headed "Short title, extent and commencement". This Act may be called the Right to Information Act, 2005.

How do I find court cases under Section 1 of the Right to Information?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Right Information 1, section 1 Right Information, section 1 of the Right to Information. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 1 of the Right to Information, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 4 (Obligations of public authorities), section 5 (Designation of Public Information Officers), section 12 (Constitution of Central Information Commission), section 13 (Term of office and conditions of service), and on 5 further provisions, so none of them can safely be read on its own.

When was the Right to Information enacted?

Right to Information was enacted in 2005 as Act 22 of 2005. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

• 19. Appeal671 words
• 7. Disposal of request659 words
• 2. Definitions657 words
• 4. Obligations of public authorities648 words
• 8. Exemption from disclosure of information520 words
• 13. Term of office and conditions of service503 words

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