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

4.1.3 RTI Act Sections 8–11: exemptions, public interest override, twenty-year rule, severability and third-party information

Sections 8–11 set the limits of the right: ten categories of exempt information, a public-interest override, a twenty-year rule that opens old records, rejection for private copyright, release of the non-exempt part of a record, and a hearing for third parties.

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Key terms

  • section 8(1) exemptions
  • clauses (a) to (j)
  • fiduciary relationship
  • cabinet papers
  • personal information
  • section 8(2) public interest
  • Official Secrets Act 1923
  • section 8(3) twenty years
  • section 9 copyright
  • section 10 severability
  • section 11 third party
  • 5 days notice
  • 10 days representation
  • 40 days
  • DPDP Act 2023

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