Central · Act 22 of 2005

Section 9 — Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases.

The Right to Information Act, 2005

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Without prejudice to the provisions of section 8, a Central Public Information Officer or a State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, may reject a request for information where such a request for providing access would involve an infringement of copyright subsisting in a person other than the State.

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More sections of this actSection 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Right to information.Section 4 · Obligations of public authorities.Section 5 · Designation of Public Information Officers.Section 6 · Request for obtaining information.Section 7 · Disposal of request.Section 8 · Exemption from disclosure of information.
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