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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
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(a)
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"appropriate Government" means in relation to a public authority which is established, constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly—
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by the Central Government or the Union territory administration, the Central Government;
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by the State Government, the State Government;
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(b)
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"Central Information Commission" means the Central Information Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of section 12;
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(c)
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"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;
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(d)
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"Chief Information Commissioner" and "Information Commissioner" mean the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioner appointed under sub-section (3) of section 12;
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(e)
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"competent authority" means—
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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;
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the Chief Justice of India in the case of the Supreme Court;
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the Chief Justice of the High Court in the case of a High Court;
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the President or the Governor, as the case may be, in the case of other authorities established or constituted by or under the Constitution;
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the administrator appointed under article 239 of the Constitution;
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(f)
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"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;
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"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act by the appropriate Government or the competent authority, as the case may be;
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(h)
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"public authority" means any authority or body or institution of self- government established or constituted—
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by or under the Constitution;
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by any other law made by Parliament;
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by any other law made by State Legislature;
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by notification issued or order made by the appropriate Government, and includes any—
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body owned, controlled or substantially financed;
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non-Government organization substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds provided by the appropriate Government;
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"record" includes—
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any document, manuscript and file;
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any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document;
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any reproduction of image or images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and
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any other material produced by a computer or any other device;
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"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—
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inspection of work, documents, records;
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taking notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records;
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taking certified samples of material;
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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;
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"State Information Commission" means the State Information Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of section 15;
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"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;
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"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;
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(n)
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"third party" means a person other than the citizen making a request for information and includes a public authority.
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