Government of Tripura
General Administration (AR) Department
Agartala,Tripura

(TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART-II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
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New Delhi, Dated, the 10^th September, 2005
NOTIFICATION

G. S. R……., In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section (2) of section  27 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of  2005), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :-

1.         Short Title and Commencement :

(i)         These rules may be called the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005

(2)        They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2.            Definitions :

            In the rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) ‘Act’ means the Right to Information Act, 2005;

(b)‘Section’ means  section of the Act;

(c) All other words and expressions used herein but not defined and defined in the Act shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.

3.       A request for obtaining information under  sub-section (1) of section  6 shall be accompanied by an application fee of rupees ten by way of cash against  proper receipt  or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts officer of the  public authority.

4.      For providing the information under sub-section (1) of section 7, the fee shall be  charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officer or the public authority at the following rates :-

            (a)            rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied.

            (b)            actual charge or cost  price of a copy in larger size paper;

            (c)            actual cost or price for samples or models;  and

(d)               for inspection of records,  no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each

                   fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof )  thereafter.

5.         For providing the information under sub-section (5) of the section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officer  of the public authority at the following rates :-

(a)        for information provided in diskette or floppy  rupees fifty per diskette or floppy ;and

(b)        for information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or rupees two  per page of photocopy for extracts for the publication.

Sd/- Hari Kumar

        Director.

These instructions prepared in consultation with the Law Department of the State Government & issued on Public Interest  by Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Tripura, General Administration (AR) Department.