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    Question

    The Central Public Information Officer or State Public

    Information Officer, as the case may be, shall, as expeditiously as possible, and in any case within ______________ of the receipt of the request, either provide the information on payment of such fee as may be prescribed or reject the request for any of the reasons specified in sections 8 and 9
    A Seven days Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Fifteen days Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Thirty days Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Ninety days Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Forty-eight hours Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 7.   Disposal of request: (1) Subject to the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 5 or the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 6, the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, on receipt of a request under section 6 shall, as expeditiously as possible, and in any case within thirty days of the receipt of the request, either provide the information on payment of such fee as may be prescribed or reject the request for any of the reasons specified in sections 8 and 9: Provided that where the information sought for concerns the life or liberty of a person, the same shall be provided within forty-eight hours of the receipt of the request.

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