Rights of Persons with Disability
Preamble
REGISTERED NO. DL-(N)04/0007/2003-16 का The Gazette of India MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 28th December, 2016/Pausha 17, 1938 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 27th December, 2016, and is hereby published for general information :- THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 2016 (NO. 49 OF 2016) [27th December, 2016] An Act to give effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. WHEREAS the United Nations General Assembly adopted its Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the 13th day of December, 2006; AND WHEREAS the aforesaid Convention lays down the following principles for empowerment of persons with disabilities,- (a) respect for inherent dignity, individual autonomy including the freedom to make one's own choices, and independence of persons; (b) non-discrimination; (c) full and effective participation and inclusion in society; (d) respect for difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and humanity; (e) equality of opportunity; (f) accessibility; (g) equality between men and women; (h) respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities; AND WHEREAS India is a signatory to the said Convention; AND WHEREAS India ratified the said Convention on the 1st day of October, 2007; AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to implement the Convention aforesaid. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement.
Sections
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