law: The Right to Information Act, 2005
  CHAPTER III
  The Central
  
  Information Commission
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  1.   The Central
  
  Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a body to
  
  be known as the Central Information Commission to exercise the powers conferred
  
  on, and to perform the functions assigned to, it under this Act.  
  2.   The Central Information
  
  Commission shall consist of- 
  a.   the Chief Information
  
  Commissioner; and
  b.   such number of
  
  Central Information Commissioners, not exceeding ten, as may be deemed
  
  necessary.  
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  3.   The Chief Information
  
  Commissioner and Information Commissioners shall be appointed by the President
  
  on the recommendation of a committee consisting of-
   
  
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    the
  
  Prime Minister, who shall be the Chairperson of the committee;
   
  
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    the
  
  Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha; and
   
  
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    a
  
  Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister.
  
   
  Explanation. - For
  
  the purposes of removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that where the Leader
  
  of Opposition in the House of the People has not been recognised as such, the
  
  Leader of the single largest group in opposition of the Government in the House
  
  of the People shall be deemed to be the Leader of Opposition.  
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  4.   The general
  
  superintendence, direction and management of the affairs of the Central
  
  Information Commission shall vest in the Chief Information Commissioner who
  
  shall be assisted by the Information Commissioners and may exercise all such
  
  powers and do all such acts and things which may be exercised or done by the
  
  Central Information Commission autonomously without being subjected to
  
  directions by any other authority under this Act.
  5.   The Chief Information
  
  Commissioner and Information Commissioners shall be persons of eminence in
  
  public life with wide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology,
  
  social service, management, journalism, mass media or administration and
  
  governance.  
  6.   The Chief Information
  
  Commissioner or an Information Commissioner shall not be a Member of Parliament
  
  or Member of the Legislature of any State or Union territory, as the case may
  
  be, or hold any other office of profit or connected with any political party or
  
  carrying on any business or pursuing any profession.
  7.   The headquarters of
  
  the Central Information Commission shall be at Delhi and the Central
  
  Information Commission may, with the previous approval of the Central
  
  Government, establish offices at other places in India.