Question

right Information Act may be used only by a public official said true or false​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Central Government Act

The Right To Information Act, 2005

The Right To Information Act, 2005

1. Short title, extent and commencement.—

(1) This Act may be called the Right to Information Act, 2005.

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

(3) The provisions of sub‑section (1) of section 4, sub‑sections (1) and (2) of section 5, sections 12, 13, 15, 16, 24, 27 and 28 shall come into force at once, and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on the one hundred and twentieth day 1 of its enactment.”;

2. Definitions.—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 of a Legislative Council of States;

(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