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| THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 |
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An Act
to provide for Setting out the practical regime of right to information
for citizens to Secure access
to information under the control of public authorities, in order to
promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public
authority, the constitution of a Central information Commission and
state commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental
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This Act may be
called the Right to Information Act, 2005.
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It extends to the
whole of
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" right to information" means
the right to information accessible under this Act which is held by or under the control of any public authority
and includes the right to—
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Inspection of work,
documents, records;
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Taking notes,
extracts or certified copies of documents or records;
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Taking certified
samples of material;
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Obtaining information
in the form of diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes or in any other electronic
mode or through printouts where such information
is stored in a computer or in any other device;
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