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(2) The Information Commission may, on its own accord or upon a
complaint, conduct an inquiry regarding the complaint raised under this Act.
(3) The Information Commission, or as the case may be, the Chief
Information Commissioner or Information Commissioners, may exercise such
powers as a civil court may exercise under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
(Act V of 1908) in respect of the following matters, namely :⎯
(a)
to issue summons to enforce the attendance of persons and compel
them to give oral or written evidence on oath and to produce the
documents or other things;
(b)
to examine and inspect information;
(c)
to receive evidence on affidavit;
(d)
to bring in any information from any office;
(e)
to issue summons for witnesses or documents; and
(f)
any other matter prescribed by rules for carrying out the purposes
of this Act.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained contrary in any other law, while
inquiring after a complaint under this Act, the Information Commission or, as
the case may be, the Chief Information Commissioner or the Information
Commissioners may examine on spot any information relating to the complaint
kept in the custody of any authority.
(5) The Functions of the Information Commission shall be as follows
namely :⎯
(a)
to issue directives for the preservation, management, publication,
publicity of and access to information by authority;
(b)
to prescribe the procedure for applying for information from the
authority and, as the case may be, to fix appropriate price of
information;
(c)
to formulate guidelines and directives as to the preservation and
implementation of the right to information of the citizens;
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