Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
Bare Act · 2016
An Act to provide for, as a good governance, efficient, transparent, and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services, the expenditure for which is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India, 1 [or the Consolidated Fund of the State] to individuals residing in India through assigning of unique identity numbers to such individuals and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 18 of 2016
- Enacted
- 25 March 2016
- Contents
- 69 sections · 10 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Enrolment
- Section 3 – Aadhaar number
- Section 3A – Aadhaar number of children
- Section 4 – Properties of Aadhaar number
- Section 5 – Special measures for issuance of Aadhaar number to certain category of persons (preview)
- Section 6 – Update of certain information (preview)
Chapter III — Authentication
- Section 7 – Proof of Aadhaar number necessary for receipt of certain subsidies, benefits and services, etc (preview)
- Section 8 – Authentication of Aadhaar number (preview)
- Section 8A – Offline verification of Aadhaar number (preview)
- Section 9 – Aadhaar number not evidence of citizenship or domicile, etc (preview)
- Section 10 – Central Identities Data Repository (preview)
Chapter IV — Unique Identification Authorityof India
- Section 11 – Establishment of Authority (preview)
- Section 12 – Composition of Authority (preview)
- Section 13 – Qualifications for appointment of Chairperson and Members of Authority (preview)
- Section 14 – Term of office and other conditions of service of Chairperson and Members (preview)
- Section 15 – Removal of Chairperson and Members (preview)
- Section 16 – Restrictions on Chairperson or Members on employment after cessation of office (preview)
- Section 17 – Functions of Chairperson (preview)
- Section 18 – Chief executive officer (preview)
- Section 19 – Meetings of Authority (preview)
- Section 20 – Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Authority (preview)
- Section 21 – Officers and other employees of Authority (preview)
- Section 22 – Transfer of assets, liabilities of Authority (preview)
- Section 23 – Powers and functions of Authority (preview)
- Section 23A – Power of Authority to issue directions (preview)
Chapter V — Grants, Accountsand Auditand Annual Report
- Section 24 – Grants by Central Government (preview)
- Section 25 – Fund (preview)
- Section 26 – Accounts and audit (preview)
- Section 27 – Returns and annual report, etc (preview)
Chapter VI — Protectionof Information
- Section 28 – Security and confidentiality of information (preview)
- Section 30 – Biometric information deemed to be sensitive personal information (preview)
- Section 31 – Alteration of demographic information or biometric information (preview)
- Section 32 – Access to own information and records of requests for authentication (preview)
- Section 33 – Disclosure of information in certain cases (preview)
Sections
Chapter VIA — Civil Penalties
- Section 33A – Penalty for failure to comply with provisions of this Act, rules, regulations and directions (preview)
- Section 33B – Power to adjudicate (preview)
- Section 33C – Appeals to Appellate Tribunal (preview)
- Section 33D – Procedure and powers of the Appellate Tribunal (preview)
- Section 33E – Appeal to Supreme Court of India (preview)
- Section 33F – Civil court not to have jurisdiction (preview)
Chapter VII — Offencesand Penalties
- Section 34 – Penalty for impersonation at time of enrolment (preview)
- Section 35 – Penalty for impersonation of Aadhaar number holder by changing demographic information or biometric information (preview)
- Section 36 – Penalty for impersonation (preview)
- Section 37 – Penalty for disclosing identity information (preview)
- Section 38 – Penalty for unauthorised access to the Central Identities Data Repository (preview)
- Section 39 – Penalty for tampering with data in Central Identities Data Repository (preview)
- Section 40 – Penalty for unauthorised use by requesting entity or offline verification-seeking entity (preview)
- Section 41 – Penalty for non-compliance with intimation requirements (preview)
- Section 42 – General penalty (preview)
- Section 43 – Offences by companies (preview)
- Section 44 – Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India (preview)
- Section 45 – Power to investigate offences (preview)
- Section 46 – Penalties not to interfere with other punishments (preview)
- Section 47 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
Chapter VIII — Miscellaneous
- Section 48 – Power of Central Government to supersede Authority (preview)
- Section 49 – Members, officers, etc., to be public servants (preview)
- Section 50 – Power of Central Government to issue directions (preview)
- Section 50A – Exemption from tax on income (preview)
- Section 51 – Delegation (preview)
- Section 52 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 53 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 54 – Power of Authority to make regulations (preview)
- Section 55 – Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament (preview)
- Section 56 – Application of other laws not barred (preview)
- Section 57 – Act not to prevent use of Aadhaar number for other purposes under law (preview)
- Section 58 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 59 – Savings (preview)