law: The Right to Information Act, 2005
  Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any
  
  citizen
  1.   Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any
  
  citizen,-
  a.   information,
  
  disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of
  
  India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State,
  
  relation with foreign State or lead to incitement of an offence;    
  b.   information which has
  
  been expressly forbidden to be published by any court of law or tribunal or the
  
  disclosure of which may constitute contempt of court;
  c.   information, the
  
  disclosure of which would cause a breach of privilege of Parliament or the
  
  State Legislature;    
  d.   information including
  
  commercial confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure
  
  of which would harm the competitive position of a third party, unless the
  
  competent authority is satisfied that larger public interest warrants the
  
  disclosure of such information;      
  e.   information available
  
  to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is
  
  satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such
  
  information;
  f.   information received
  
  in confidence from foreign Government;    
  g.   information, the
  
  disclosure of which would endanger the life or physical safety of any person or
  
  identify the source of information or assistance given in confidence for law
  
  enforcement or security purposes;     (h) information which would
  
  impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of
  
  offenders;    
  h.   cabinet papers
  
  including records of deliberations of the Council of Ministers, Secretaries and
  
  other officers:      
  that the
  
  decisions of Council of Ministers, the reasons thereof, and the material on the
  
  basis of which the decisions were taken shall be made public after the decision
  
  has been taken, and the matter is complete, or over:
  Provided further that
  
  those matters which come under the exemptions specified in this section shall
  
  not be disclosed;
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  i.   information which
  
  relates to personal information the disclosure of which has no relationship to
  
  any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of
  
  the privacy of the individual unless the Central Public Information Officer or the
  
  State Public Information Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may
  
  be, is satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of
  
  such information:      
  that the
  
  information which cannot be denied to the Parliament or a State Legislature
  
  shall not be denied to any person.  
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  2.   Notwithstanding
  
  anything in the Official Secrets Act, 1923 nor any of the exemptions
  
  permissible in accordance with sub-section (1), a public authority may allow
  
  access to information, if public interest in disclosure outweighs the harm to
  
  the protected interests.
  3.   Subject to the
  
  provisions of clauses (a), (c) and (i) of sub-section (1), any information
  
  relating to any occurrence, event or matter which has taken place, occurred or
  
  happened twenty years before the date on which any request is made under secton
  
  6 shall be provided to any person making a request under that section:  
  
  
  
     
  that where
  
  any question arises as to the date from which the said period of twenty years
  
  has to be computed, the decision of the Central Government shall be final,
  
  subject to the usual appeals provided for in this Act.
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    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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  1.   Where a request for
  
  access to information is rejected on the ground that it is in relation to
  
  information which is exempt from disclosure, then, notwithstanding anything
  
  contained in this Act, access may be provided to that part of the record which
  
  does not contain any information which is exempt from disclosure under this Act
  
  and which can reasonably be severed from any part that contains exempt
  
  information.
  2.   Where access is
  
  granted to a part of the record under sub-section (1), the Central Public
  
  Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be,
  
  shall give a notice to the applicant, informing-
  a.   that only part of the
  
  record requested, after severance of the record containing information which is
  
  exempt from disclosure, is being provided;    
  b.   the reasons for the
  
  decision, including any findings on any material question of fact, referring to
  
  the material on which those findings were based;    
  c.   the name and
  
  designation of the person giving the decision;    
  d.   the details of the
  
  fees calculated by him or her and the amount of fee which the applicant is
  
  required to deposit; and
  e.   his or her rights
  
  with respect to review of the decision regarding non-disclosure of part of the
  
  information, the amount of fee charged or the form of access provided, including
  
  the particulars of the senior officer specified under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 19 or the Central Information Commission or the State Information
  
  Commission, as the case may be, time limit, process and any other form of
  
  access.
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  1.   Where a Central
  
  Public Information Officer or a State Public Information Officer, as the case
  
  may be, intends to disclose any information or record, or part thereof on a
  
  request made under this Act, which relates to or has been supplied by a third
  
  party and has been treated as confidential by that third party, the Central
  
  Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may
  
  be, shall, within five days from the receipt of the request, give a written
  
  notice to such third party of the request and of the fact that the Central
  
  Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may
  
  be, intends to disclose the information or record, or part thereof, and invite
  
  the third party to make a submission in writing or orally, regarding whether
  
  the information should be disclosed, and such submission of the third party
  
  shall be kept in view while taking a decision about disclosure of information:
  that except
  
  in the case of trade or commercial secrets protected by law, disclosure may be
  
  allowed if the public interest in disclosure outweighs in importance any
  
  possible harm or injury to the interests of such third party.
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  2.   Where a notice is
  
  served by the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information
  
  Officer, as the case may be, under sub-section (1) to a third party in respect
  
  of any information or record or part thereof, the third party shall, within ten
  
  days from the date of receipt of such notice, be given the opportunity to make
  
  representation against the proposed disclosure.  
  3.   Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in section 7, the Central Public Information Officer or
  
  State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall, within forty days
  
  after receipt of the request under section 6, if the third party has been given
  
  an opportunity to make representation under sub-section (2), make a decision as
  
  to whether or not to disclose the information or record or part thereof and
  
  give in writing the notice of his decision to the third party.  
  4.   A notice given under
  
  sub-section (3) shall include a statement that the third party to whom the
  
  notice is given is entitled to prefer an appeal under section 19 against the
  
  decision.