Question

Under Section 10 of the RTI Act, 2005, where a record contains both exempt and non-exempt information, the Public Information Officer:

1.
must seek the applicant's consent first
2.
may provide access to the part that is not exempt
3.
must refer the matter to the Chief Information Commissioner
4.
must refuse the whole record
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 2 : may provide access to the part that is not exempt

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Detailed Solution

सही उत्तर may provide access to the part that is not exempt है।

Key Points

Section 10 provides for severability: access may be provided to the part of a record that does not contain exempt information.

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Question:

Under Section 10 of the RTI Act, 2005, where a record contains both exempt and non-exempt information, the Public Information Officer:

1.
must seek the applicant's consent first
2.
may provide access to the part that is not exempt
3.
must refer the matter to the Chief Information Commissioner
4.
must refuse the whole record

Correct Answer: may provide access to the part that is not exempt

Section 10 provides for severability: access may be provided to the part of a record that does not contain exempt information.

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