An Act to provide for the effective management of disasters and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Disaster Management Act, 2005 has 85 sections in 11 chapters, amended 5 times. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
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All sections of the Disaster Management Act, 2005
Chapter I: PRELIMINARY
Chapter II: THE NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
- Section 3 – Establishment of National Disaster Management Authority
- Section 4 – Meetings of National Authority
- Section 5 – Appointment of officers and other employees of National Authority
- Section 6 – Powers and functions of National Authority
- Section 7 – Constitution of advisory committee by National Authority
- Section 8 – Constitution of National Executive Committee
- Section 8A – National Crisis Management Committee
- Section 8B – High Level Committee
- Section 9 – Constitution of sub-committees
- Section 10 – Powers and functions of National Executive Committee
- Section 11 – National plan
- Section 12 – Omitted (omitted/repealed)
- Section 13 – Omitted (omitted/repealed)
Chapter III: STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
- Section 14 – Establishment of State Disaster Management Authority
- Section 15 – Meetings of the State Authority
- Section 16 – Appointment of officers and other employees of State Authority
- Section 17 – Constitution of advisory committee by the State Authority
- Section 18 – Powers and functions of State Authority
- Section 19 – Omitted (omitted/repealed)
- Section 20 – Constitution of State Executive Committee
- Section 21 – Constitution of sub-committees by State Executive Committee
- Section 22 – Functions of the State Executive Committee
- Section 23 – State Plan
- Section 24 – Powers and functions of State Executive Committee in the event of threatening disaster situation
Chapter IV: DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
- Section 25 – Constitution of District Disaster Management Authority
- Section 26 – Powers of Chairperson of District Authority
- Section 27 – Meetings
- Section 28 – Constitution of advisory committees and other committees
- Section 29 – Appointment of officers and other employees of District Authority
- Section 30 – Powers and functions of District Authority
- Section 31 – District Plan
- Section 32 – Plans by different authorities at district level and their implementation
- Section 33 – Requisition by the District Authority
- Section 34 – Powers and functions of District Authority in the event of any threatening disaster situation or disaster
Chapter V: MEASURES BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- Section 35 – Central Government to take measures
- Section 36 – Responsibilities of Ministries or Departments of Government of India
- Section 37 – Disaster management plans of Ministries or Departments of Government of India
- Section 38 – State Government to take measures
- Section 39 – Responsibilities of departments of the State Government
- Section 40 – Disaster management plan of departments of State
Chapter VI: LOCAL AUTHORITIES
- Section 41 – Functions of the local authority
- Section 41A – Urban Disaster Management Authority
Chapter VII: NATIONAL INSTITUTEOF DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- Section 42 – National Institute of Disaster Management
- Section 43 – Officers, employees, experts and consultants of the National Institute
Chapter VIII: NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE
- Section 44 – National Disaster Response Force
- Section 44A – State Disaster Response Force
- Section 45 – Control, direction, etc
Chapter IX: FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
- Section 46 – National Disaster Response Fund
- Section 47 – National Disaster Mitigation Fund
- Section 48 – Establishment of funds by State Government
- Section 49 – Allocation of funds by Ministries and Departments
- Section 50 – Emergency procurement and accounting
Chapter X: OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
- Section 51 – Punishment for obstruction, etc
- Section 52 – Punishment for false claim
- Section 53 – Punishment for misappropriation of money or materials, etc
- Section 54 – Punishment for false warning
- Section 55 – Offences by Departments of the Government
- Section 56 – Failure of officer in duty or his connivance at the contravention of the provisions of this Act
- Section 57 – Penalty for contravention of any order regarding requisitioning
- Section 58 – Offence by companies
- Section 59 – Previous sanction for prosecution
- Section 60 – Cognizance of offences
- Section 60A – Power of Central Government or State Government to take action in relation to nature of hazard and punishment for its contravention
Chapter XI: MISCELLANEOUS
- Section 61 – Prohibition against discrimination
- Section 62 – Power to issue direction by Central Government
- Section 63 – Powers to be made available for rescue operations
- Section 64 – Making or amending rules, etc., in certain circumstances
- Section 65 – Power of requisition of resources, provisions, vehicles, etc., for rescue operations, etc
- Section 66 – Payment of compensation
- Section 67 – Direction to media for communication of warnings, etc
- Section 68 – Authentication of orders of decisions
- Section 69 – Delegation of powers
- Section 70 – Annual report
- Section 71 – Bar of jurisdiction of court
- Section 72 – Act to have overriding effect
- Section 73 – Action taken in good faith
- Section 74 – Immunity from legal process
- Section 75 – Power of Central Government to make rules
- Section 76 – Power to make regulations
- Section 76A – Power of National Authority to make regulations
- Section 77 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
- Section 78 – Power of State Government to make rules
- Section 79 – Power to remove difficulties