RTI ACT, 2005

THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 (RTI) 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

Last Updated: 17-5-2021 

CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY SECTIONS 

1. Short title, extent and commencement. 

2. Definitions. 

CHAPTER II RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND OBLIGATIONS OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES 

3. Right to information. 

4. Obligations of public authorities. 

5. Designation of Public Information Officers. 

6. Request for obtaining information. 

7. Disposal of request. 

8. Exemption from disclosure of information. 

9. Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases. 

10. Severability. 

11. Third party information. 

CHAPTER III THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION 

12. Constitution of Central Information Commission. 

13. Terms of office and conditions of service. 

14. Removal of Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner. 

CHAPTER IV THE STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION 

15. Constitution of State Information Commission. 

16. Term of office and conditions of service. 

17. Removal of State Chief Information Commissioner or State Information Commissioner. 

CHAPTER V POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONS, APPEAL AND PENALTIES 

18. Powers and functions of Information Commissions.

19. Appeal. 

20. Penalties. 

CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS 

21. Protection of action taken in good faith. 

22. Act to have overriding effect. 

23. Bar of jurisdiction of courts. 

24. Act not to apply to certain organisations. 

25. Monitoring and reporting. 

26. Appropriate Government to prepare programmes. 

27. Power to make rules by appropriate Government. 

28. Power to make rules by competent authority. 

29. Laying of rules. 

30. Power to remove difficulties. 

31. Repeal. 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE.