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

Chapter I PRELIMINARY

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. Short Title & Extent

Statutory text
  1. (1) This Act may be called the National Trust For the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999.
  2. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu & Kashmir.

Chapter I PRELIMINARY

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires - Definition

Statutory text
  1. (a) "autism" means a condition of uneven skill development primarily affecting the communication and social abilities of a person, marked by repetitive and ritualistic behaviour;
  2. (b) "Board" means Board of trustees constituted under section 3;
  3. (c) "cerebral palsy" means a group of non-progressive conditions of a person characterised by abnormal motor control and posture resulting from brain insult or injuries occurring in the pre- natal, peri-natal or infant period of development;
  4. (d) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under clause
  5. (a) of sub-section (4) of section 3;
  6. (e) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 8;
  7. (f) "Member" means a Member of the Board and includes the Chairperson;
  8. (g) "Mental Retardation" means a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind of person which is specially characterised by sub- normality of intelligence;
  9. (h) "Multiple Disabilities" means a combination of two or more disabilities as defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the Person 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;
  10. (j) "persons 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;
  11. (k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
    • (I) "professional" means a person who is having special expertise in a field which would promote the welfare of persons with disability;
  12. (m) "registered organisation" means an association of persons with disability or an association of parents of persons with disability or a voluntary organisation, as the case may be, registered under section 12;
  13. (n) "regulations" means the regulations made by the Board under this Act;
  14. (o) "severe disability" means disability with eighty percent or more of one or more multiple disabilities;
  15. (p) "Trust" means the National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disability constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3.

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