Act Number: 49

Act Name: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

Year: 2016

Enactment Date: 2016-12-27

Long Title: An Act to give effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with 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: Reproductive rights.
    (1) The appropriate Government shall ensure that persons with disabilities have access to appropriate information regarding reproductive and family planning.
     (2) No person with disability shall be subject to any medical procedure which leads to infertility without his or her free and informed consent
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