# The Right to Information, Section 9: Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases

- Act: The Right to Information (Act 22 of 2005)
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/right-information/section/9/

## Text

Without prejudice to the provisions of section 8, a Central Public Information Officer or a State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, may reject a request for information where such a request for providing access would involve an infringement of copyright subsisting in a person other than the State.

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