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Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Section 44

Title: Punishment for Contravention in Relation to Disclosure of Confidential Information

State: Central

Year: 2000

Whoever, in contravention of any provision of this Act, divulges any confidential information obtained by the National Authority from any declaration or return furnished or any statement made, information supplied to, or obtained by, an enforcement officer during the course of any inspection carried out under the provisions of this Act to any other person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to term of life and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to one lakh rupees.

Information Technology Act, 2000 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....record is retained intact or has been altered since such electronic record was so affixed with the digital signature. (2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment or any provision thereof shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law or the relevant provision of the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area. SECTION 03: AUTHENTICATION OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS (1) Subject to the provisions of this section any subscriber may authenticate an electronic record by affixing his digital signature. (2) The authentication of the electronic record shall be effected by the use of asymmetric crypto system and hash function which envelop and transform the initial electronic record into another electronic record. Explanation."For the purposes of this sub-section, "hash function" means an algorithm mapping or translation of one sequence of bits into another, generally smaller, set known as "hash result" such that an electronic record yields the same hash result every time the algorithm is executed with the same electronic record as its input making it computationally infeasible" (a).....

Right to Information Act, 2005 Chapter II

Title: Right to Information and Obligations of Public Authorities

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....the same forthwith to the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer or senior officer specified under sub-section (1) of section 19 or the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission, as the case may be. Provided that where an application for information or appeal is given to a Central Assistant Public Information Officer or a State Assistant Public Information Officer, as the case may be, a period of five days shall be added in computing the period for response specified under sub-section (1) of section 7. (3) Every Central Public Information-Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall deal with requests from persons seeking information and render reasonable assistance to the persons seeking such information. (4) The Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, may seek the assistance of any other officer as he or she considers it necessary for the proper discharge of his or her duties. (5) Any officer, whose assistance has been sought under sub-section (4), shall render all assistance to the Central Public Information Officer or.....

Freedom of Information Act, 2002 Chapter II

Title: Freedom of Information and Obligations of Public Authorities

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....for obtaining information; and (vi) the name, designation and other particulars of the Public Information Officer; (c) publish all relevant facts concerning important decisions and policies that affect the public while announcing such decisions and policies; (d) give reasons for its decisions, whether administrative or quasi-judicial to those affected by such decisions; (e) before initiating any project, publish or communicate to the public generally or to the persons affected or likely to be affected by the project in particular, the facts available to it or to which it has reasonable access which in its opinion should be known to them in the best interests of natural justice and promotion of democratic principles. Section 5 - Appointment of Public Information Officers (1) Every public authority shall for the purposes of this Act, appoint one or more officers as Public Information Officers. (2) Every Public Information Officer shall deal with requests for information and shall render reasonable assistance to any person seeking such information. (3) The Public Information Officer may seek the assistance of any other officer as he considers necessary for the.....

Right to Information Act, 2005 Section 11

Title: Third Party Information

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....the case may be, shall, within five days from the receipt of the request,give a written notice to such third party of the request and of the fact thatthe Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, asthe case may be, intends to disclose the information or record, or partthereof, and invite the third party to make a submission in writing or orally,regarding whether the information should be disclosed, and such submission ofthe third party shall be kept in view while taking a decision about disclosureof information: Providedthat except in the case of trade or commercial secrets protected by law,disclosure may be allowed if the public interest in disclosure outweighs inimportance any possible harm or injury to the interests of such third party. (2)Where a notice is served by the Central Public Information Officer or StatePublic Information Officer, as the case may be, under sub-section (1) to athird party in respect of any information or record or part thereof, the thirdparty shall, within ten days from the date of receipt of such notice, be giventhe opportunity to make representation against the proposed disclosure. (3)Notwithstanding.....

Karnataka Electricity Reform Act, 1999 Part X

Title: Advisory Committee, Consumer Consultation, Disclosure of Information, Standard of Performance Etc

State: Karnataka

Year: 1999

.....in such form and in such manner as it considers appropriate, of the standards so determined. (2) Different standards may be determined under this section for different licensees. Section 37 - Information with respect to level of performance (1) The Commission shall from time to time collect information with respect to,- (a) the fines or penalties levied on licensees under this Act; (b) the levels of overall performance achieved by such licensees in connection with the transmission and provision of electricity supply services; and (c) the levels of performance achieved by such licensees in connection with the promotion of the efficient use of electricity by consumers. (2) On or before such date in each year as may be specified in a direction given by the Commission, each licensee shall furnish to the Commission the following information:- (a) with respect to each standard determined, the number of cases in which a penalty was levied and the aggregate amount of value of those penalties; and (b) with respect to each standard determined, such information with respect to the level of performance achieved by the licensee as may be so specified. (3) The Commission.....

Right to Information Act, 2005 Preamble 1

Title: Right to Information Act, 2005

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....connected therewith or incidental thereto. WHEREAS the Constitution of India has established democratic Republic: AND WHEREAS democracy requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information which are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed; AND WHEREAS revelation of information in actual practice is likely to conflict with other public interests including efficient operations of the Governments, optimum use of limited fiscal resources and the preservation of confidentiality of sensitive information; AND WHEREAS it is necessary to harmonise these conflicting interests while preserving the paramountcy of the democratic ideal; NOW, THEREFORE, it is expedient to provide for furnishing certain information to citizens who desire to have it. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Information Technology Act, 2000 Complete Act

Title: Information Technology Act, 2000

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....records Section7A - Audit of documents etc, maintained in electronic form Section8 - Publication of rule, regulation, etc., in Electronic Gazette Section9 - Sections 6, 7 and 8 not to confer right to insist document should be accepted in electronic form Section10 - Power to make rules by Central Government in respect of electronic signature Section10A - Validity of contracts formed through electronic means Chapter IV Section11 - Attribution of electronic records Section12 - Acknowledgement of receipt Section13 - Time and place of despatch and receipt of electronic record Chapter V Section14 - Secure electronic record Section15 - Secure electronic signature Section16 - Security procedure and Pratices Chapter VI Section17 - Appointment of Controller and other officers Section18 - Functions of Controller Section19 - Recognition of foreign Certifying Authorities Section20 - Controller to act as repository (omitted) Section21 - Licence to issue Digital Signature Certificates Section22 - Application for licence Section23 - Renewal of licence Section24 - Procedure for grant or rejection of licence Section25 - Suspension of licence Section26 - Notice of suspension or.....

Freedom of Information Act, 2002 Section 11

Title: Third Party Information

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....Information Officer shall, within twenty-five days from the receipt of a request, give written notice to such third party of the request and of the fact that the public authority intends to disclose the information or record, or part thereof: Provided that except in the case of trade or commercial secrets protected by law, disclosure may be allowed if the public interest in disclosure outweighs in importance any possible harm or injury to the interests of such third party. (2) Where a notice is given by the Public Information Officer under sub-section (1) to a third party in respect of any information or record or part thereof, the third party shall, within twenty days from the date of issuance of notice, be given the opportunity to make representation against the proposed disclosure. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 7, the Public Information Officer shall, within sixty days after receipt of the request under section 6, if the third party has been given an opportunity to make representation under sub-section (2), make a decision as to whether or not to disclose the information or record or part thereof and give in writing the notice of his decision to the.....

Karnataka Electricity Reform Act, 1999 Section 38

Title: Restriction on Disclosure of Information

State: Karnataka

Year: 1999

.....any of its duties or functions under this Act or any Central legislation; (c) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out by the Accountant General, Karnataka of his duties and functions under this Act ; (d) for the purpose of enabling or assisting any competent person to carry out his functions under the law relating to insolvency; (e) in connection with the investigation of any criminal offence or for the purposes of any criminal proceedings; or (f) for the purposes of any civil proceedings brought under or by virtue of this Act or any other State or Central legislation to which the information is directly relevant. (3) The restrictions contained in sub-section (1) above shall not apply to the disclosure of any information, which is otherwise in the public domain.