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+====== Prescribed — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
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+**Quick Reply:** Section 2 (g)defines “prescribed” as "prescribed by rules made under this Act by the appropriate Government or the competent authority, as the case may be;"
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+===== Related =====
+  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 (as amended)]]
+  * [[:explanations|All explanations]]
+  * [[:why-rti-gets-rejected|Why RTI gets rejected]]
+  * [[:templates:first-rti|First RTI template]]
+  * [[:faq|25 RTI Questions Answered]]
+//Last reviewed on: 20 April 2026//
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+Section 2 (g)defines “prescribed” as "prescribed by rules made under this Act by   the appropriate Government or the [[:explanations:competent-authority|competent authority]], as  the case may be;"
+===== Interpretation of Prescribed under RTI Act =====
+The rules apply to fees, formats for applications, appeals etc. These can only be made by the appropriate Government and competent authorities mentioned in  Section  2 (e).
+Other Public Authorities or departments have no  authority to make any rules.
+It is normally accepted that regulations also cannot go beyond what is authorised, For example, rules cannot specify exempting any [[:explanations:information|information]], beyond what is exempted under section 8 of the RTI Act.
+===== There is an additional view =====
+Mendel, Toby (personal communication, May 13, 2016) suggests that it is normally accepted that regulations cannot go beyond what is authorised, either explicitly or implicitly, by the primary legislation. One cannot, via regulation, get into matters that are not within the remit of the law.
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