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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; |
| 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; |
| 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— |
| 1 | body owned, controlled or substantially financed; |
| 2 | non-Government organization substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate Government; |
| 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; |
| 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; |
| 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. |
The Free Right to Information Act provided by RTI India Portal
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