law: The Right to Information Act, 2005
  In this Act, unless
  
  the context otherwise requires,
  1.  
  
    In
  
  this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - 
  a.   "appropriate
  
  Government" means in relation to a public authority which is established,
  
  constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided
  
  directly or indirectly-    
   
  
   i.  
  
  
  
    by
  
  the Central Government or the Union territory administration, the Central
  
  Government;    
   
  
   ii.  
  
    by
  
  the State Government, the State Government;  
  a.  
  
  
  b.   "Central
  
  Information Commission" means the Central Information Commission
  
  constituted under sub-section (1 ) of section 12;  
  c.   "Central Public
  
  Information Officer" means the Central Public Information Officer
  
  designated under sub-section (1 ) and includes a Central Assistant Public
  
  Information Officer designated as such under sub-section (2 ) of section
  
  5;  
  d.   "Chief
  
  Information Commissioner" and "Information Commissioner" mean
  
  the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner appointed under
  
  sub-section (3 ) of section 12;  
  e.   "competent
  
  authority" means-    
   
  
   i.  
  
    the
  
  Speaker in the case of the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of a
  
  State or a Union territory having such Assembly and the Chairman in the case of
  
  the Council of States or Legislative Council of a State;    
   
  
   ii.  
  
    the
  
  Chief Justice of India in the case of the Supreme Court;    
   
  
   iii.  
  
    the
  
  Chief Justice of the High Court in the case of a High Court;    
   
  
   iv.  
  
    the
  
  President or the Governor, as the case may be, in the case of other authorities
  
  established or constituted by or under the Constitution;    
   
  
   v.  
  
    the
  
  administrator appointed under article 239 of the Constitution;  
  a.  
  
  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  c.  
  
  
  d.  
  
  
  e.  
  
  
  f.   "information"
  
  means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails,
  
  opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts,
  
  reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and
  
  information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public
  
  authority under any other law for the time being in force;  
  g.   "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act by the appropriate Government or
  
  the competent authority, as the case may be;  
  h.   "public
  
  authority" means any authority or body or institution of self- government
  
  established or constituted-    
  a.   by or under the
  
  Constitution;
  b.   by any other law made
  
  by Parliament;    
  c.   by any other law made
  
  by State Legislature;    
  d.   by notification
  
  issued or order made by the appropriate Government, and includes any-
   
  
   i.  
  
    body
  
  owned, controlled or substantially financed;      
   
  
   ii.  
  
    non-Government
  
  organization substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds provided
  
  by the appropriate Government;
  a.  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  c.  
  
  
  
  
  d.  
  
  
  e.  
  
  
  f.  
  
  
  g.  
  
  
  h.  
  
  
  i.   "record"
  
  includes-
  a.   any document,
  
  manuscript and file;    
  b.   any microfilm,
  
  microfiche and facsimile copy of a document;    
  c.   any reproduction of
  
  image or images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and
  
     
  d.   any other material
  
  produced by a computer or any other device;  
  a.  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  c.  
  
  
  d.  
  
  
  e.  
  
  
  f.  
  
  
  g.  
  
  
  h.  
  
  
  i.  
  
  
  
  
  j.   "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-    
   
  
   i.  
  
    inspection
  
  of work, documents, records;    
   
  
   ii.  
  
    taking
  
  notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records;    
   
  
   iii.  
  
    taking
  
  certified samples of material;    
   
  
   iv.  
  
    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;  
  a.  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  c.  
  
  
  
  
  d.  
  
  
  e.  
  
  
  f.  
  
  
  g.  
  
  
  h.  
  
  
  i.  
  
  
  j.  
  
  
  k.   "State
  
  Information Commission" means the State Information Commission constituted
  
  under sub-section (1 ) of section 15;  
  l.   "State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner" and "State Information Commissioner"
  
  mean the State Chief Information Commissioner and the State Information
  
  Commissioner appointed under sub-section (3 ) of section 15;  
  m.   "State Public
  
  Information Officer" means the State Public Information Officer designated
  
  under sub-section (1 ) and includes a State Assistant Public Information
  
  Officer designated as such under sub-section (2 ) of section 5;  
  n.   "third
  
  party" means a person other than the citizen making a request for
  
  information and includes a public authority.