Act Info:Preamble1 - PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995
Chapter 1
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter 2
Section3 - Central Co-ordination Committee
Section4 - Term of office of Members
Section5 - Disqualifications
Section6 - Vacation of seats by Members
Section7 - Meetings of the Central Co-ordination Committee
Section8 - Functions of the Central Co-ordination Committee
Section9 - Central Executive Committee
Section10 - Functions of the Central Executive Committee
Section11 - Meetings of the Central Executive Committee
Section12 - Temporary association of persons with Central Executive Committee for particular purposes
Chapter 3
Section13 - State Co-ordination Committee
Section14 - Terms and conditions of service of Members
Section15 - Disqualifications
Section16 - Vacation of seats
Section17 - Meetings of the State Co-ordination Committee
Section18 - Functions of the State Co-ordination Committee
Section19 - State Executive Committee
Section20 - Functions of the State Executive Committee
Section21 - Meetings of the State Executive Committee
Section22 - Temporary association of persons with State Executive Committee for particular purposes
Section23 - Power to give directions
Section24 - Vacancies not to invalidate proceedings
Chapter 4
Section25 - Appropriate Governments and local authorities to take certain steps for the prevention of occurrence of disabilities
Chapter 5
Section26 - Appropriate Governments and local authorities to provide children with disabilities free education, etc.
Section27 - Appropriate Governments and local authorities to make schemes and programmes for non-formal education, etc.
Section28 - Research for designing and developing new assistive devices, teaching aids, etc.
Section29 - Appropriate Governments to set up teachers' training institutions to develop trained manpower for schools for children with disabilities
Section30 - Appropriate Governments to prepare a comprehensive education scheme providing for transport facilities, supply of books, etc.
Section31 - Educational institutions to provide amanuensis to students with visual handicap
Chapter 6
Section32 - Identification of posts which can be reserved for persons with disabilities
Section33 - Reservation of posts
Section34 - Special Employment Exchange
Section35 - Power to inspect record or document in possession of any establishment
Section36 - Vacancies not filled up to be carried forward
Section37 - Employers to maintain records
Section38 - Schemes for ensuring employment of persons with disabilities
Section39 - All educational institutions to reserve seats for persons with disabilities
Section40 - Vacancies to be reserved in poverty alleviation schemes
Section41 - Incentives to employers to ensure five per cent. of the work force is composed of persons with disabilities
Chapter 7
Section42 - Aids and appliances to persons with disabilities
Section43 - Schemes for preferential allotment of land for certain purposes
Chapter 8
Section44 - Non-discrimination in transport
Section45 - Non-discrimination on the road
Section46 - Non-discrimination in the built environment
Section47 - Non-discrimination in Government employment
Chapter 9
Section48 - Research
Section49 - Financial incentives to Universities to enable them to undertake research
Chapter 10
Section50 - Competent authority
Section51 - No person to establish or maintain an institution for persons with disabilities except in accordance with a certificate of registration
Section52 - Certificate of registration
Section53 - Revocation of certificate
Section54 - Appeal
Section55 - Act not to apply to institutions established or maintained by the Central or State Government
Chapter 11
Section56 - Institutions for persons with severe disabilities
Chapter 12
Section57 - Appointment of Chief Commissioner for persons with disabilities
Section58 - Functions of the Chief Commissioner
Section59 - Chief Commissioner to look into complaints with respect to deprivation of rights of persons with disabilities
Section60 - Appointment of Commissioners for persons with disabilities
Section61 - Powers of the Commissioner
Section62 - Commissioner to look into complaints with respect to matters relating to deprivation of rights of persons with disabilities
Section63 - Authorities and officers to have certain powers of civil court
Section64 - Annual report to be prepared by the Chief Commissioner
Section65 - Annual reports to be prepared by the Commissioners
Chapter 13
Section66 - Appropriate Governments and local authorities to undertake rehabilitation
Section67 - Insurance scheme for employees with disabilities
Section68 - Unemployment allowance
Chapter 14
Section69 - Punishment for fraudulently availing any benefit meant for persons with disabilities
Section70 - Chief Commissioners, Commissioners, officers and other staff to be public servants
Section71 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section72 - Act to be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law
Section73 - Power of appropriate Government to make rules
Section74 - Amendment of Act 39 of 1987