law: The Right to Information Act, 2005
  A person, who desires
  
  to obtain any information under this Act
  1.   A person, who desires
  
  to obtain any information under this Act, shall make a request in writing or
  
  through electronic means in English or Hindi or in the official language of the
  
  area in which the application is being made, accompanying such fee as may be
  
  prescribed, to-
  a.   the Central Public
  
  Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, of
  
  the concerned public authority;  
  b.   the Central Assistant
  
  Public Information Officer or State Assistant Public Information Officer, as
  
  the case may be, specifying the particulars of the information sought by him or
  
  her:
  that where
  
  such request cannot be made in writing, the Central Public Information Officer
  
  or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall render all
  
  reasonable assistance to the person making the request orally to reduce the
  
  same in writing.  
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  2.   An applicant making
  
  request for information shall not be required to give any reason for requesting
  
  the information or any other personal details except those that may be
  
  necessary for contacting him.
  3.   Where an application
  
  is made to a public authority requesting for an information,-    
   
  
   i.  
  
    which
  
  is held by another public authority; or    
   
  
   ii.  
  
    the
  
  subject matter of which is more closely connected with the functions of another
  
  public authority, the public authority, to which such application is made,
  
  shall transfer the application or such part of it as may be appropriate to that
  
  other public authority and inform the applicant immediately about such
  
  transfer:
  that the
  
  transfer of an application pursuant to this sub-section shall be made as soon
  
  as practicable but in no case later than five days from the date of receipt of
  
  the application.
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  proviso to sub-section (2) of section 5 or the proviso to sub-section (3) of
  
  section 6, the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information
  
  Officer, as the case may be, on receipt of a request under section 6 shall, as
  
  expeditiously as possible, and in any case within thirty days of the receipt of
  
  the request, either provide the information on payment of such fee as may be
  
  prescribed or reject the request for any of the reasons specified in sections 8
  
  and 9:
  that where
  
  the information sought for concerns the life or liberty of a person, the same
  
  shall be provided within forty-eight hours of the receipt of the request.
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  2.   If the Central Public
  
  Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be,
  
  fails to give decision on the request for information within the period
  
  specified under sub-section (1), the Central Public Information Officer or
  
  State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have
  
  refused the request.
  3.   Where a decision is
  
  taken to provide the information on payment of any further fee representing the
  
  cost of providing the information, the Central Public Information Officer or
  
  State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall send an intimation
  
  to the person making the request, giving-    
  a.   the details of
  
  further fees representing the cost of providing the information as determined
  
  by him, together with the calculations made to arrive at the amount in
  
  accordance with fee prescribed under sub-section (1), requesting him to deposit
  
  that fees, and the period intervening between the despatch of the said
  
  intimation and payment of fees shall be excluded for the purpose of calculating
  
  the period of thirty days referred to in that sub-section;
  b.   information
  
  concerning his or her right with respect to review the decision as to the
  
  amount of fees charged or the form of access provided, including the
  
  particulars of the appellate authority, time limit, process and any other
  
  forms.  
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  4.   Where access to the
  
  record or a part thereof is required to be provided under this Act and the
  
  person to whom access is to be provided is sensorily disabled, the Central
  
  Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may
  
  be, shall provide assistance to enable access to the information, including
  
  providing such assistance as may be appropriate for the inspection.
  5.   Where access to
  
  information is to be provided in the printed or in any electronic format, the
  
  applicant shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (6), pay such fee as
  
  may be prescribed:
  that the fee
  
  prescribed under sub-section (1) of section 6 and sub-sections (1) and (5) of
  
  section 7 shall be reasonable and no such fee shall be charged from the persons
  
  who are of below poverty line as may be determined by the appropriate
  
  Government.
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  6.   Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (5), the person making request for the
  
  information shall be provided the information free of charge where a public
  
  authority fails to comply with the time limits specified in sub-section (1). Before
  
  taking any decision under sub-section (1), the Central Public Information
  
  Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall take
  
  into consideration the representation made by a third party under section 11.
  
   
  7.   Where a request has
  
  been rejected under sub-section (1), the Central Public Information Officer or
  
  State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall communicate to the
  
  person making the request,-    
   
  
   i.  
  
  
  
    the
  
  reasons for such rejection;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    the
  
  period within which an appeal against such rejection may be preferred; and
  
     
   
  
   iii.  
  
    the
  
  particulars of the appellate authority.  
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  9.   An information shall
  
  ordinarily be provided in the form in which it is sought unless it would
  
  disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority or would be
  
  detrimental to the safety or preservation of the record in question.