Act Number: 44

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

Year: 1999

Enactment Date: 1999-12-30

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Department: Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

Section 10: Objects of Trust.
    The objects of the Trust shall be--
         (a) to enable and empower persons with disability to live as independently and as fully as possible within and as close to the community to which they belong;
         (b) to strengthen facilities to provide support to persons with disability to live within their own families;
         (c) to extend support to registered organisations to provide need based services during the period of crisis in the family of persons with disability;
         (d) to deal with problems of persons with disability who do not have family support;
         (e) to promote measures for the care and protection of persons with disability in the event of death of their parent or guardian;
         (f) to evolve procedure for the appointment of guardians and trustees for persons with disability requiring such protection;
         (g) to facilitate the realisation of equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation of persons with disability; and
         (h) to do any other act which is incidental to the aforesaid objects.
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