Powers and functions of Information Commissions

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..... of the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may be, to receive and inquire into a complaint from any person,— ( a ) who has been unable to submit a request to a Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, either by reason that no such officer has been appointed under this Act, or because the Central Assistant Pu .....

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..... incomplete, misleading or false information under this Act; and ( f ) in respect of any other matter relating to requesting or obtaining access to records under this Act. (2) Where the Central Information Commission or State Informa tion Commission, as the case may be, is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to inquire into the matter, it may initi ate an inquiry in respect thereof. (3) Th .....

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..... nconsistent contained in any other Act of Parliament or State Legislature, as the case may be, the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission, as the case may be, may, during the inquiry of any complaint under this Act, examine any record to which this Act applies which is under the control of the public authority, and no such record may be withheld from it on any grounds. .....

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