NO RECORD MAY BE WITH HELD FROM THE SIC ON ANY GROUNDS TO WHICH THE RTI ACT PERTAINS

POWER AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SIC OR CIC:- Subject to the provision it shall be the duty of the SIC to receive and Enquire onto a Complaint from any person who has been unable to submit a request to PIO either by reason that no such officer has been appointed under this Act or because the PIO has refused to accept his or her Application for information or Appeal under this Act for forwarding the same to the PIO or senior officer specified in subsection (1) of section 19.(b) who has been refused access to any information requested under this Act.(c) who has not been given a response to a request for information or access to information with in the time limits prescribed under this Act.(d)who has been required to pay an amount of fee which he or she considers unreasonable.(e) who believe that he or she has been given incomplete, misleading or false information under this Act, and in respect of any other matter relating to requesting or obtaining access to record under this Act.(2) Where the SIC or CIC is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to Enquire onto the matter it may initiate an enquiry in respect thereof.(3) The SIC or CIC have the same powers as are vested in a civil court while trying a suit under the code of civil procedure 1908 in respect of the following matters :- Summoning and enforcing the attendance of persons and compel them to give oral or written evidence on oath and to produce the Documents or things, requiring the discovery and inspection of the documents, receiving evidence on affidavit, requisitioning any public record or copies thereof from any court or Office, issuing summons for examination and any other matter which may be prescribed.(4) The CIC or SIC may during the enquiry of any Complaint under this Act, examine any record to which the Act applies which is under the control of the public authorities, and no such record may be with held from it on any grounds.