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RIGHT TO INFORMATION RULES, 2012
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.... commencement 1. (1) These rules may be called the Right to Information Rules, 2012. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Definitions 2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires.- (a) "Act" means the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005); (b) "Commission" means the Central Information Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of section 12 of the Act; (c) "F....
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....bsp; (a) Rupees Two for each page in A-3 or smaller size paper; (b) actual cost or price of a photocopy in large size paper; (c) actual cost or price for samples or models; (d) Rupees Fifty per diskette or floppy; (e) price fixed for a publication or Rupees Two per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication; (f) no fee for inspection of records for the first hour of inspection and a fee of Rupee....
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....al Secretary to the Government of India as Secretary to the Commission. Appeal to the Commission 8. Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the First Appellate Authority or by non-disposal of his appeal by the First Appellate Authority, may file an appeal to the Commission in the format given in the Appendix and shall be accompanied by the following documents, duly authenticated and verified by the appellant, namely- (i) a copy of the application submitted to the Central Public Information Officer; (ii) a copy of the reply received, if any, from....
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....of all the remedies available to him under the Act. (3) For the purposes of sub-rule (2), a person shall be deemed to have availed of all the remedies available to him under the Act: (a) if he had filed an appeal before the First Appellate Authority and the First Appellate Authority or any other person competent to pass order on such appeal had made a final order on the appeal; or (b) where no final order has been made by the First Appellate Authority with regard to the appeal preferred, and a period of forty-five days from the date on which such appeal was preferred has elapsed. ....
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....gh his duly authorised representative or through video conferencing, if the facility of video conferencing is available, at the time of hearing of the appeal by the Commission. (3) Where the Commission is satisfied that the circumstances exist due to which the appellant is unable to attend the hearing, then, the Commission may afford the appellant another opportunity of being heard before a final decision is taken or take any other appropriate action as it may deem fit. Presentation by the Public Authority 13. The public authority may authorise any representative or any of its officers to present its case. Service of notice ....