Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Central Government may, by order, declare any information, which is not in public domain and which in its opinion is detrimental to national security or public interest, relating to the following, as restricted information, namely:-- [(a)] the location, quality and quantity of prescribed substance and transactions for their acquisition whether by purchase or otherwise, or disposal, whether by sale or otherwise; [(b)] the processing of prescribed substance and the extraction or production of fissile materials from them; [(c)] the theory, design, siting, construction and operation of nuclear power plant or reactor or plants for the treatment and production of any of the prescribed substance and for the separation of its isotopes; [(d)] research and technological work on materials and processes involved in or derived from items covered by this sub-section; [(e)] submissions made available to the Board or other regulatory bodies during the course of their work and declared as strategic, sensitive or confidential for business purpose by the applicant; and [(f)] all activities referred to in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 38, whether contained in a document, drawing, photograph, plan, model, or in any other form whatsoever, which relates to, represents, or illustrates-- (i) an existing or proposed plant used or proposed to be used for the purpose of producing, developing, or using nuclear energy; or (ii) the purpose or method of operation of any such existing or proposed plant; or (iii) any process operated or proposed to be operated in such existing or proposed plant. (2) No person shall-- (a) disclose or obtain or attempt to obtain any restricted information; or (b) disclose, without authority of the Central Government, any information obtained in the discharge of any functions or performance of official duties under this Act. (3) The Central Government may, by notification, prohibit the publication in any form whatsoever of restricted information or any other information as may be specified therein. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005.), the information declared as restricted information or prohibited under this section shall be debarred from disclosure under the provisions of that Act. Corrected as per Corrigendum dt. 08/01/2026. Prior to the Correction it read as: "(i)" Corrected as per Corrigendum dt. 08/01/2026. Prior to the Correction it read as: "(ii)" Corrected as per Corrigendum dt. 08/01/2026. Prior to the Correction it read as: "(iii)" Corrected as per Corrigendum dt. 08/01/2026. Prior to the Correction it read as: "(iv)" Corrected as per Corrigendum dt. 08/01/2026. Prior to the Correction it read as: "(v)" Corrected as per Corrigendum dt. 08/01/2026. Prior to the Correction it read as: "(vi)"