Chapter I – Preliminary

1. Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
2. Section 2 – Definitions

Chapter II – Right to Information and Obligations of Public Authorities

3. Section 3 – Right to information
4. Section 4 – Obligations of public authorities
5. Section 5 – Designation of Public Information Officers
6. Section 6 – Request for obtaining information
7. Section 7 – Disposal of request
8. Section 8 – Exemption from disclosure of information
9. Section 9 – Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases
10. Section 10 – Severability
11. Section 11 – Third party information

Chapter III – The Central Information Commission

12. Section 12 – Constitution of Central Information Commission
13. Section 13 – Terms of office and conditions of service
14. Section 14 – Removal of Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner

Chapter IV – The State Information Commission

15. Section 15 – Constitution of State Information Commission
16. Section 16 – Term of office and conditions of service
17. Section 17 – Removal of State Chief Information Commissioner or State Information Commissioner

Chapter V – Powers and Functions of Information Commissions, Appeal and Penalties

18. Section 18 – Powers and functions of Information Commissions
19. Section 19 – Appeal
20. Section 20 – Penalties

Chapter VI – Miscellaneous

21. Section 21 – Protection of action taken in good faith
22. Section 22 – Act to have overriding effect
23. Section 23 – Bar of jurisdiction of courts
24. Section 24 – Act not to apply to certain organisations
25. Section 25 – Monitoring and reporting
26. Section 26 – Appropriate Government to prepare programmes
27. Section 27 – Power to make rules by appropriate Government
28. Section 28 – Power to make rules by competent authority
29. Section 29 – Laying of rules
30. Section 30 – Power to remove difficulties
31. Section 31 – Repeal

Schedules

• First Schedule – Form of oath or affirmation for Information Commissioners
• Second Schedule – Intelligence and security organisations exempted under the Act