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TRADE NOTICE NO. 24 /2005

TRADE NOTICE NO. 24/05-06

             Subject:- Right to information (Regulation of Fee & Cost ) Rules, 2005-reg.

     All the trade and other concerned are hereby informed that in exercise of powers conferred by clause ( 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:- (a) These rules may be called the Right to Information    
      (Regulation of Fee and Cost ) Rules, 2005.

      (b)  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 the 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 Pay and Accounts Officer, Central Excise Commissionerate, Delhi-I.

4.         For providing the information under sub-sec(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 Pay and Accounts Officer, Central Excise Commissionerate, Delhi-I 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 large 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 subsequent hour (or fraction thereof ).

5.           For providing the information under sub-sec ( 5 ) 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 Pay and Accounts Officer, Central Excise Commissionerate, Delhi-I at the following rates:-

             (a)     for information provided in diskette or floppy Rs. 50/- per diskette or
                      floppy; and

             (b)     for information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such         
                      publication or Rs.2/- per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication.

                                                                                                  ( S.K.S.Somvanshi )

                                                                                                Commissioner ( CPIO )

Authority:Notification issued vide F.No. 34012/8(5)/2005-Estt(B)dt.16.09.2005   issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi. 

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