Act Info:Preamble1 - DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005
Chapter I
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II
Section3 - Establishment of National Disaster Management Authority
Section4 - Meetings of National Authority
Section5 - Appointment of officers and other employees of the National Authority
Section6 - Powers and functions of National Authority
Section7 - Constitution of advisory committee by National Authority
Section8 - Constitution of National Executive Committee
Section9 - Constitution of sub-committees
Section10 - Powers and functions of National Executive Committee
Section11 - National Plan
Section12 - Guidelines for minimum standards of relief
Section13 - Relief in loan repayment, etc.
Chapter III
Section14 - Establishment of State Disaster Management Authority
Section15 - Meetings of the State Authority
Section16 - Appointment of officers and other employees of State Authority
Section17 - Constitution of advisory committee by the State Authority
Section18 - Powers and functions of State Authority
Section19 - Guidelines for minimum standard of relief by State Authority
Section20 - Constitution of State Executive Committee
Section21 - Constitution of sub-committees by State Executive Committee
Section22 - Functions of the State Executive Committee
Section23 - State Plan
Section24 - Powers and functions of State Executive Committee in the event of threatening disaster situation
Chapter IV
Section25 - Constitution of District Disaster Management Authority
Section26 - Powers of Chairperson of District Authority
Section27 - Meetings
Section28 - Constitution of advisory committees and other committees
Section29 - Appointment of officers and other employees of District Authority
Section30 - Powers and functions of District Authority
Section31 - District Plan
Section32 - Plans by different authorities at district level and their implementation
Section33 - Requisition by the District Authority
Section34 - Powers and functions of District Authority in the event of any threatening disaster situation or disaster
Chapter V
Section35 - Central Government to take measures
Section36 - Responsibilities of Ministries or Departments of Government of India
Section37 - Disaster management plans of Ministries or Departments of Government of India
Section38 - State Government to take measures
Section39 - Responsibilities of departments of the State Government
Section40 - Disaster management plan of departments of State
Chapter VI
Section41 - Functions of the local authority
Chapter VII
Section42 - National Institute of Disaster Management
Section43 - Officers and other employees of the National Institute
Chapter VIII
Section44 - National Disaster Response Force
Section45 - Control, direction, etc.
Chapter IX
Section46 - National Disaster Response Fund
Section47 - National Disaster Mitigation Fund
Section48 - Establishment of funds by State Government
Section49 - Allocation of funds by Ministries and Departments
Section50 - Emergency procurement and accounting
Chapter X
Section51 - Punishment for obstruction, etc.
Section52 - Punishment for false claim
Section53 - Punishment for misappropriation of money or materials, etc.
Section54 - Punishment for false warning
Section55 - Offences by Departments of the Government
Section56 - Failure of officer in duty or his connivance at the contravention of the provisions of this Act
Section57 - Penalty for contravention of any order regarding requisitioning
Section58 - Offence by companies
Section59 - Previous sanction for prosecution
Section60 - Cognizance of offences
Chapter XI
Section61 - Prohibition against discrimination
Section62 - Power to issue direction by Central Government
Section63 - Powers to be made available for rescue operations
Section64 - Making or amending rules, etc., in certain circumstances
Section65 - Power of requisition of resources, provisions, vehicles, etc., for rescue operations, etc.
Section66 - Payment of compensation
Section67 - Direction to media for communication of warnings, etc.
Section68 - Authentication of orders or decisions
Section69 - Delegation of powers
Section70 - Annual report
Section71 - Bar of jurisdiction of court
Section72 - Act to have overriding effect
Section73 - Action taken in good faith
Section74 - Immunity form legal process
Section75 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section76 - Power to make regulations
Section77 - Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
Section78 - Power of State Government to make rules
Section79 - Power to remove difficulties