According to which one of the following sections of RTI Act, 2005, if an application is received by a public authority seeking an information which is held by another public authority or which is more closely connected with the subject matter relating to another public authority, the public authority receiving the application should transfer the application to the concerned public authority?
Sub-section (3) of Section 6
Sub-section (4) of Section 5
Sub-section (5) of Section 4
Sub-section (6) of Section 3
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Section 6(3) explicitly states that “Where an application is made to a public authority requesting for an information, — (i) which is held by another public authority; or (ii) the subject matter of which is more closely connected with the functions of another public authority, the public authority, to which such application is made, shall transfer the application or such part of it as may be appropriate to that other public authority and inform the applicant immediately about such transfer”.