An application under sub section (1) of section 6 of — -— 750 PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), JULY 5, 2017 (ASAR 14, 1939 SAKA) the Act shall be accompanied by a fee of rupees ten and shall ordinarily not contain more than five hundred words, excluding annexures, containing address of the State Public Information Officer and that of the applicant:
Provided that no application shall be rejected only on the ground that it contains more than five hundred words.
Fees for providing information.-Fee for providing information under sub-section (4) of section 4 and sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 7 of the Act shall be charged at the following rates, namely:-
(a) rupees two for each page in A-3 or smaller size paper;
(b) actual cost or price of a photocopy in large size paper;
(c) actual cost or price for samples or-models;
(d) rupees fifty per diskette or floppy;
(e) price fixed for a publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication;
(f) no fee for inspection of records for the first hour of inspection and a fee of rupees five for each subsequent hour or fraction thereof;
and
(g) postal charge involved in supply of information that exceeds fifty rupees.
Exemption from payment of fee.- No fee, upto rupees fifty, under rule 3 and rule 4 shall be charged from any person who is below poverty line provided a copy of the certificate issued by the appropriate Government in this regard is submitted alongwith the application.
Mode of payment of fee.- Fees under these rules may be paid in any of the following manner, namely:-
(a) in cash, to the public authority or to the State Assistant Public Information Officer of the Public authority, as the case may be, against a proper receipt; or
(b) by demand draft or bankers cheque or Indian Postal Order payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority; or
(c) by electronic means to the Accounts Officer of the public authority, if facility for receiving fees through electronic means is available with the public authority.
PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), JULY 5, 2017 751 (ASAR 14, 1939 SAKA)