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The Right to Information

Power to make rules by appropriate Government

In force Act 22 of 2005 As on 22 Oct 2026

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Act 22 of 2005 Cited by 1 provision

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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.

Section 27 of the Right to Information deals with power to make rules by appropriate Government. The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :- (a) the cost of the medium or print cost price of the materials to be disseminated under sub-section (4) of section 4;

(b) the fee payable under sub-section (1) of section 6;

(c) the fee payable under sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 7; 1[(ca) the term of office of the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 13 and the State Chief Information Commissioner and State Information Commissioners under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 16;

(cb) the salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of the Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners under sub-section (5) of section 13 and the State Chief Information Commissioner and the State Information Commissioners under sub-section (5) of section 16;] 1. Ins. by Act 24 of 2019, s. 4, (w.e.f. 24-10-2019).

(d) the salaries and allowances payable to and the terms and conditions of service of the officers and other employees under sub-section (6) of section 13 and sub-section (6) of section 16;

(e) the procedure to be adopted by the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may be, in deciding the appeals under sub-section (10) of section 19; and (f) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed.

Section 27, The Right to Information (Act 22 of 2005).

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. 6 Request for obtaining information
  3. s. 7 Disposal of request
  4. s. 13 Term of office and conditions of service
  5. s. 16 Term of office and conditions of service
  6. s. 19 Appeal

Referred to by 1

  1. s. 1 Short title, extent and commencement

Questions about Section 27

What does Section 27 of the Right to Information deal with?

Section 27 of the Right to Information is headed "Power to make rules by appropriate Government". The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.

How do I find court cases under Section 27 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 27, section 27 Right Information, section 27 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 27 of the Right to Information, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 4 (Obligations of public authorities), section 6 (Request for obtaining information), section 7 (Disposal of request), section 13 (Term of office and conditions of service), and on 2 further provisions, so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.

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

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