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Chapter I. PRELIMINARY
Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
Section 2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.
Chapter II. RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND OBLIGATIONS OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES
Section 3. Right to information
Section 4. Obligations of public authorities
Section 5. Designation of Public Information Officers
Section 6. Request for obtaining information
Section 7. Disposal of request
Section 8. Exemption from disclosure of information
Section 9. Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases
Section 10. Severability
Section 11. Third party information
Chapter III. THE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
Section 12. Constitution of Central Information Commission
Section 13. Term of office and conditions of service
Section 14. Removal of Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner
Chapter IV. THE STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION
Section 15. Constitution of State Information Commission
Section 16. Term of office and conditions of service
Section 17. Removal of State Chief Information Commissioner or State Information Commissioner
Chapter V. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONS, APPEAL AND PENALTIES
Section 18. Powers and functions of Information Commissions
Section 19. Appeal
Section 20. Penalties
Chapter VI. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 21. Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 22. Act to have overriding effect
Section 23. Bar of judisdiction of courts
Section 24. Act not to apply in certain organizations
Section 25. Monitoring and reporting.
Section 26. Appropriate Government to prepare programmes
Section 27. Power to make rules by appropriate Government
Section 28. Power to make rules by competent authority
Section 29. Laying of rules
Section 30. Power to remove difficulties
Section 31. Repeal
SC I THE FIRST SCHEDULE
SC II THE SECOND SCHEDULE