4 RTI & RTS Acts · 4.1 RTI Act 2005 and Maharashtra RTS Act 2015

4.1.5 RTI Act Sections 18–31: powers of Commissions, appeals, penalty, exempt organisations (s.24) and repeal

Sections 18–31 give the Information Commissions their powers, set out the two-stage appeal, fix the penalty on a defaulting PIO, keep listed intelligence and security bodies outside the Act, and repeal the Freedom of Information Act, 2002.

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Key terms

  • section 18 complaint
  • civil court powers
  • section 19 first appeal
  • second appeal 90 days
  • 30 to 45 days
  • onus on PIO section 19(5)
  • section 20 penalty
  • Rs 250 per day
  • Rs 25000
  • section 21 good faith
  • section 22 overriding effect
  • section 23 bar of jurisdiction
  • section 24 Second Schedule
  • 45 days human rights
  • section 25 annual report
  • section 31 repeal
  • Freedom of Information Act 2002

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