Section 7 of RTI Act – Section 7: Disposal Of Request

The Right to Information Act, 2005

CHAPTER II: RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND OBLIGATIONS OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

Section 7: Disposal Of Request

(1) Subject to the 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: Provided that where the information sought for concerns the life or liberty of a person, the same shall

Explanation using examples

Imagine a citizen, Mr. Sharma, has submitted a request under the Right to Information Act to the State Public Information Officer (SPIO) of the Health Department seeking details about the government's spending on a recent public health campaign. Mr. Sharma is concerned about the transparency of the expenditures and wishes to kn

Section 7 of RTI Act : Section 7: Disposal Of Request

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