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Ms. Kavita files an RTI application at the sub-divisional office of a State public authority, and it is handed to the State Assistant Public Information Officer. For computing the period within which the State Public Information Officer must respond under section 7(1), what is the effect?

Five days are added in computing the period for response under section 7(1) when the application is given to an Assistant Public Information Officer. This allowance covers the time taken to forward the application to the Public Information Officer.

  1. AFive days are added to the period for responseCorrect
  2. BThe period for response is reduced by five days
  3. CNo additional time is allowed, since the application was lodged with a designated officer
  4. DThirty days are added to the period for response

Explanation

The proviso to section 5(2) states that where an application or appeal is given to an Assistant Public Information Officer, a period of five days is added in computing the period for response under section 7(1). It is neither a reduction nor a thirty-day addition.

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