Amended Rules for Persons with Disabilities
[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY,
PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
NOTIFICATION
NEW DELHI, THE , 2009
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 73 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Rules, 1996, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Amendment Rules, 2009.
(2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Rules, 1996, -
(i) for rule 2 , the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-
"2. Definitions.-
- In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,-
- "Act" means the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996);
