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National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....the pre-natal, perinatal or infant period of development; (d) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 3; (e) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 8; (f) "Member" means a Member of the Board and includes the Chairperson; (g) "mental retardation" means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterised by sub-normality of intelligence; (h) "multiple disabilities" means a combination of two or more disabilities as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996); (i) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (j) "person with disability" means a person suffering from any of the conditions relating to autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation or a combination of any two or more of such conditions and includes a person suffering from severe multiple disability; (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (l) "professional" means a.....

National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....the pre-natal, perinatal or infant period of development; (d) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 3; (e) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 8; (f) "Member" means a Member of the Board and includes the Chairperson; (g) "mental retardation" means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterised by sub-normality of intelligence; (h) "multiple disabilities" means a combination of two or more disabilities as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996); (i) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (j) "person with disability" means a person suffering from any of the conditions relating to autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation or a combination of any two or more of such conditions and includes a person suffering from severe multiple disability; (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (l) "professional" means a.....

Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse; (c) "Central Co-ordination Committee" means the Central Co-ordination Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3; (d) "Central Executive Committee" means the Central Executive Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 9; (e) "cerebral palsy" means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterised by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal or infant period of development; (f) "Chief Commissioner" means the Chief Commissioner appointed under sub-section (1) of section 57 (g) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner appointed under sub-section (1) of section 60; (h) "competent authority" means the authority appointed under section 50; (i) "disability" means-- (i) blindness; (ii) low vision; (iii) leprosy-cured; (iv) hearing impairment; (v) locomotor disability; (vi) mental retardation; (viii) mental illness; (j) "employer" means,-- (i) in relation to a Government, the authority notified by the Head of the Department in this behalf or where no such authority is notified, the Head of the Department; and.....

Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse; (c) "Central Co-ordination Committee" means the Central Co-ordination Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3; (d) "Central Executive Committee" means the Central Executive Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 9; (e) "cerebral palsy" means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterised by abnormal motor control posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre-natal, peri-natal or infant period of development; (f) "Chief Commissioner" means the Chief Commissioner appointed under sub-section (1) of section 57 (g) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner appointed under sub-section (1) of section 60; (h) "competent authority" means the authority appointed under section 50; (i) "disability" means-- (i) blindness; (ii) low vision; (iii) leprosy-cured; (iv) hearing impairment; (v) locomotor disability; (vi) mental retardation; (viii) mental illness; (j) "employer" means,-- (i) in relation to a Government, the authority notified by the Head of the Department in this behalf or where no such authority is notified, the Head of the Department; and.....

National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retradation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....other officers and employees of the Trust shall be such as may be determined by regulations. SECTION 09: VACANCIES IN BOARD NOT TO INVALIDATE ACTS, ETC -No act or proceeding of the Board shall be called in question on the grounds merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Board. SECTION 10: OBJECTS OF TRUST -The objects of the Trust shall be- (a) to enable and empower persons with disability to live as independently and as fully as possible within and as close to the community to which they belong; (b) to strengthen facilities to provide support to persons with disability to live within their own families; (c) to extend support to registered organisations to provide need based services during the period of crisis in the family of persons with disability; (d) to deal with problems of persons with disability who do not have family support: (e) to promote measures for the care and protection of persons with disability in the event of death of their parent or guardian; (f) to evolve procedure for the appointment of guardians and trustees for persons with disability requiring such protection; (g) to facilitate the realisation of equal.....

Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1995

.....in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER 1 : PRELIMINARY SECTION 1 : Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date3 (a) [a] 7-2-1996-See Gax. of Ind.. 7-9-1996. Pt. II, S. 3(i), Ext., p. 1 (No. 84). as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint. SECTION 2 : Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.- (a) "appropriate Government" means,- (i) in relation to the Central Government or any establishment wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or a Cantonment Board constituted under the Cantonment Act, 1924 the Central Government: (ii) in relation to a State Government or any establishment wholly or substantially financed by that Government, or any local authority, other than a Cantonment Board, the State Government: (iii) in respect of the Central Co-ordination Committee and the Central Executive Committee, the Central Government: (iv) in respect of the State.....

The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1995

.....OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995 THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND FULL PARTICIPATION) ACT, 1995 No.1 OF 1996 [1stJanuary,1996] An Act to give effect to the Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of the people with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region. WHEREAS the Meeting to Launch the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-----2002 convened by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific held at Beijing on 1st to 5th December, 1992, adopted the Proclamation on the Full participation and Equality of people with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region; AND WHEREAS India is a signatory to the said Proclamation; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to implement to Proclamation aforesaid. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--- CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY 1. Short title. Extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities. Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. .....

The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 1995

..... 17. The State Coordination Committee shall meet at least once in every six months and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as may be prescribed. 18. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the function of the State Coordination Committee shall be to serve as the state focal point on disability matters and facilitate the continuous evolution of a comprehensive policy towards solving the problems faced by persons with disabilities. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing function the State Coordination Committee may, within the State perform all or any of the following functions, namely.- (a) Review and coordinate the activities of all the Departments of Government and other Governmental and non-Govemmental Organizations which are dealing with matters relating to persons with disabilities., (b) Develop a State policy to address issues faced by persons with disabilities; (c) Advise the State Government on the formulation of policies. Programmes, legislation and projects with respect to disability; (d) Review, in consultation with the donor agencies, their funding from the.....