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TypeBare Act JurisdictionKarnataka Government

Right to Information Act, 2000 Section 9

Penalties

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/56940

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Right to Information Act, 2000 Section 9 is part of Right to Information Act, 2000 - Penalties. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Where any competent authority, without any reasonable cause fails to supply information sought for within the period specified under section 5 or furnishes information which is false with regard to any material particulars and which it knows or has reasonable cause to believe it to be false,-

(i) the authority immediately superior to the competent authority may impose a penalty not exceeding two thousand rupees on such competent authority as it thinks appropriate after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard and such a penalty shall be recoverable from his salary or if no salary is drawn as arrears of land revenue; and

(ii) he shall also be liable to disciplinary action under the service rules applicable to him.

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What does Right to Information Act, 2000 Section 9 provide?

Section Section 9 of the Right to Information Act, 2000 (Penalties) is reproduced on this page as part of the Right to Information Act, 2000. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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