Act      : Right to Information Act No: 12 of 2016

Orders : Gazette Extra ordinary No 2004/66 dated 3^rd of February 2017

Public Authority : District Secretariat, Jaffna

 Information Officer and Designated Officer of District Secretariat, Jaffna has been appointed under the Section 23(1) of the Right to Information act, No. 12 of 2016.

Contact details of Right to Information Commission and the members of the Commission, Information Officer, Designated Officer and fees to be charged for obtaining information are displayed here under the Section 26 (1)of the Right to Information act, No. 12 of 2016.

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Right to Information Commission

Address : The Chairman,  Right to Information Commission of Sri Lanka Rooms No 203- 204, Block 2, BMICH, BauddhalokaMawatha, Colombo 07. Tel : 0112691625/ 0112691007 E mail  : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fax      : 0112691625

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Members of the Right to Information Commission Sri Lanka.

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Fees to be charged for providing information

3. Application fees
4. No public authority shall charge any fee to provide a right to Information application form to a citizen making an information request.
5. No public authority shall charge any fee to process a Right to Information request.
6. Fees for information

• Rs.20/- for copying information onto a diskette, Compact Disc, USB mass drive, or similar electronic device, provided by the  citizen making the request.

1. Actual cost for copying information onto a Diskette, Compact Disc, USB mass drive, or similar electronic device provided by the public authority.
2. Rs.50/- per hour for the study or inspection of any document or material, or inspection of a construction site, if this takes longer than one hour, with the first hour of study/ inspection being provided free of charge.

This shall be without prejudice to the practice of public authorities which is previously such inspection free of charge and which   practice shall continue not  with standing this sub-rule.

1. Samples or models will be charged the actual cost.

• Information provided via e-mail will be free of charge.

5. Where there exists a previous fee schedule prescribed or issued by Public Authorities by way of circulars or regulations, that fee schedule shall continue to operate notwithstanding the fees prescribed in Rule 4.

Provided that any dispute in regard to claims relating to existing fee e may be the subject of an appeal to be determined by the commission in accordance with these rules on fees and appeals.