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14INFORMATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
st
The 1
October, 2005
S.R.O.No.477/2005 - In exercise of the power conferred by Section 27 of the Right to
Information Act (No.22 of 2005), the State Government do hereby make the following
rules, namely: –
1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Orissa
Right to Information Rules, 2005.
(2)
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Orissa
Gazette.
2. Definitions. – (1) In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the
subject or context –
(a)
‘Act’ means the Right to Information Act, 2005 (No. 22 of 2005);
(b)
‘BPL Card’ means a card issued to any citizen who is below the poverty
line;
(c)
‘fee’ means amount payable by the applicant for obtaining any information
under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 6 and sub-sections (1) and
(5) of section 7 excluding the cost of providing information;
(d)
‘form’ means a form appended to these rules;
(e)
‘identity’ means an evidence to show the citizenship like an electoral photo
identity card, a passport or any other document which can satisfy the
authority about the citizenship of the person;
(f)
‘Nodal Officer’ means the Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government,
Information & Public Relations Department;
(g)
‘Public Information Officer’ means the State Public Information Officer
designated under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Act and includes an
Assistant Public Information Officer designated as such under sub-section
(2) thereof;
(h)
‘Schedule’ means a Schedule appended to these rules; and
(i)
‘State Government’ means the Government of Orissa
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