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Government of India
Ministry of
Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions
(Department of
Personnel and Training)
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New Delhi, dated the
16th
September, 2005
Notification
G.S.R…….,
In exercise of the
powers conferred by
clauses (b) and (c) of
subsection (2) of
section 27 of the Right
to Information Act, 2005
(22 of 2005), the
Central Government
hereby makes the
following rules,
namely:-
1.
Short title and
commencement –
(1)
These rules may be
called the Right to
Information (Regulation
of Fee and Cost) Rules,
2005.
(2)
They shall come into
force on the date of
their publication in the
Official Gazette.
2.
Definitions –
In the rules, unless the
context otherwise
requires, -
(a)
‘Act’ means the Right to
Information Act, 2005;
(b)
‘Section’ means section
of the Act;
(c)
all other words and
expressions used herein
but not defined and
defined in the Act shall
have the meanings
assigned to them in the
Act.
3.
A request
for obtaining
information under
sub-section (1) of
section 6 shall be
accompanied by an
application fee of
rupees ten by way of
cash against proper
receipt or by demand
draft or bankers cheque
payable to the Accounts
Officer of the public
authority.
4.
For providing the
information under
sub-section (1) of
section 7, the fee shall
be charged by way of
cash against proper
receipt or by demand
draft or bankers cheque
payable to the Accounts
Officer of the public
authority at the
following rates:-
(a) rupees two for each page
(in A-4 or A-3 size
paper) created or
copied;
(b)
actual charge or cost
price of a copy in larger
size paper;
(c)
actual cost or price for
samples or models; and
(d)
for inspection of
records, no fee for the
first hour; and a fee of
rupees five for each
fifteen minutes (or
fraction thereof)
thereafter.
5.
For providing the
information under
sub-section (5) of
section 7, the fee shall
be charged by way of
cash against proper
receipt or by demand
draft or bankers cheque
payable to the Accounts
Officer of the public
authority at the
following rates:-
(a)
For information provided
in diskette or floppy
rupees fifty per
diskette or floppy; and
(b)
For information provided
in printed form at the
price fixed for such
publication or rupees
two per page of
photocopy for extracts
from the publication.
( Hari Kumar )
Director
F.No.
34012/8(S)/2005-Estt.(B)
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