An Act to provide for the constitution of a body at the National level for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 has 36 sections in 9 chapters, amended 2 times. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
Chapter I: PRELIMINARY
Chapter II: THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR WELFARE OF PERSONS WITH AUTISM, CEREBRAL PALSY, MENTAL RETARDATION AND MULTIPLE DISABILITY
- Section 3 – Constitution of the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disability, etc
- Section 4 – Term of office of Chairperson and Members, meeting of Board, etc
- Section 5 – Resignation of Chairperson and Members
- Section 6 – Disqualifications
- Section 7 – Vacation of office by Members
- Section 8 – Chief Executive Officer and staff of Trust
- Section 9 – Vacancies in Board not to invalidate acts, etc
Chapter III: OBJECTS OF THE TRUST
- Section 10 – Objects of Trust
Chapter IV: POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD
- Section 11 – Powers and duties of Board
Chapter V: PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION
- Section 12 – Procedure for registration
Chapter VI: LOCAL LEVEL COMMITTEES
- Section 13 – Constitution of local level committees
- Section 14 – Appointment for guardianship
- Section 15 – Duties of guardian
- Section 16 – Guardian to furnish inventory and annual accounts
- Section 17 – Removal of guardian
Chapter VII: ACCOUNTABILITY AND MONITORING
- Section 18 – Accountability
- Section 19 – Monitoring
- Section 20 – Annual general meeting
Chapter VIII: FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
- Section 21 – Grants by the Central Government
- Section 22 – Fund
- Section 23 – Budget
- Section 24 – Accounts and audit
- Section 25 – Annual report
- Section 26 – Authentication of orders, etc
- Section 27 – Returns and information
Chapter IX: MISCELLANEOUS
- Section 28 – Power of Central Government to issue directions
- Section 29 – Power of Central Government to supersede Board
- Section 30 – Exemption from tax on income
- Section 31 – Protection of action taken in good faith
- Section 32 – Chairperson, Members and officers of Trust to be public servants
- Section 33 – Delegation
- Section 34 – Power to make rules
- Section 35 – Power to make regulations
- Section 36 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament