Section 18(3) and Section 18(4) of the RTI Act grant significant powers to the Central and State Information Commissions to conduct inquiries and access records held by public authorities, overriding restrictions in other laws.
Consider the following statements about an inquiry carried out by an Information Commission: 1. It may examine any record to which the RTI Act, 2005 applies. 2. No such record can be withheld from it (irrespective of any provision of any Act passed by the Parliament or the State legislature). 3. Information Commission has the powers of a civil court trying a suit under the code of civil procedure. Which of the above statements are correct ?
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