Disaster Management Act, 2005
Bare Act · 2005
An Act to provide for the effective management of disasters and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 53 of 2005
- Enacted
- 23 December 2005
- Contents
- 85 sections
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Contents
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- 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 (preview)
- Section 7 – Constitution of advisory committee by National Authority (preview)
- Section 8 – Constitution of National Executive Committee (preview)
- Section 8A – National Crisis Management Committee (preview)
- Section 8B – High Level Committee (preview)
- Section 9 – Constitution of sub-committees (preview)
- Section 10 – Powers and functions of National Executive Committee (preview)
- Section 11 – National plan (preview)
- Section 12 – Omitted (preview)
- Section 13 – Omitted (preview)
- Section 14 – Establishment of State Disaster Management Authority (preview)
- Section 15 – Meetings of the State Authority (preview)
- Section 16 – Appointment of officers and other employees of State Authority (preview)
- Section 17 – Constitution of advisory committee by the State Authority (preview)
- Section 18 – Powers and functions of State Authority (preview)
- Section 19 – Omitted (preview)
- Section 20 – Constitution of State Executive Committee (preview)
- Section 21 – Constitution of sub-committees by State Executive Committee (preview)
- Section 22 – Functions of the State Executive Committee (preview)
- Section 23 – State Plan (preview)
- Section 24 – Powers and functions of State Executive Committee in the event of threatening disaster situation (preview)
- Section 25 – Constitution of District Disaster Management Authority (preview)
- Section 26 – Powers of Chairperson of District Authority (preview)
- Section 27 – Meetings (preview)
- Section 28 – Constitution of advisory committees and other committees (preview)
- Section 29 – Appointment of officers and other employees of District Authority (preview)
- Section 30 – Powers and functions of District Authority (preview)
- Section 31 – District Plan (preview)
- Section 32 – Plans by different authorities at district level and their implementation (preview)
- Section 33 – Requisition by the District Authority (preview)
- Section 34 – Powers and functions of District Authority in the event of any threatening disaster situation or disaster (preview)
- Section 35 – Central Government to take measures (preview)
- Section 36 – Responsibilities of Ministries or Departments of Government of India (preview)
- Section 37 – Disaster management plans of Ministries or Departments of Government of India (preview)
- Section 38 – State Government to take measures (preview)
- Section 39 – Responsibilities of departments of the State Government (preview)
- Section 40 – Disaster management plan of departments of State (preview)
- Section 41 – Functions of the local authority (preview)
- Section 41A – Urban Disaster Management Authority (preview)
- Section 42 – National Institute of Disaster Management (preview)
- Section 43 – Officers, employees, experts and consultants of the National Institute (preview)
- Section 44 – National Disaster Response Force (preview)
- Section 44A – State Disaster Response Force (preview)
- Section 45 – Control, direction, etc (preview)
- Section 46 – National Disaster Response Fund (preview)
- Section 47 – National Disaster Mitigation Fund (preview)
- Section 48 – Establishment of funds by State Government (preview)
- Section 49 – Allocation of funds by Ministries and Departments (preview)
- Section 50 – Emergency procurement and accounting (preview)
- Section 51 – Punishment for obstruction, etc (preview)
- Section 52 – Punishment for false claim (preview)
- Section 53 – Punishment for misappropriation of money or materials, etc (preview)
- Section 54 – Punishment for false warning (preview)
- Section 55 – Offences by Departments of the Government (preview)
- Section 56 – Failure of officer in duty or his connivance at the contravention of the provisions of this Act (preview)
- Section 57 – Penalty for contravention of any order regarding requisitioning (preview)
- Section 58 – Offence by companies (preview)
- Section 59 – Previous sanction for prosecution (preview)
- Section 60 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 60A – Power of Central Government or State Government to take action in relation to nature of hazard and punishment for its contravention (preview)
- Section 61 – Prohibition against discrimination (preview)
- Section 62 – Power to issue direction by Central Government (preview)
- Section 63 – Powers to be made available for rescue operations (preview)
- Section 64 – Making or amending rules, etc., in certain circumstances (preview)
- Section 65 – Power of requisition of resources, provisions, vehicles, etc., for rescue operations, etc (preview)
- Section 66 – Payment of compensation (preview)
- Section 67 – Direction to media for communication of warnings, etc (preview)
- Section 68 – Authentication of orders of decisions (preview)
- Section 69 – Delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 70 – Annual report (preview)
- Section 71 – Bar of jurisdiction of court (preview)
- Section 72 – Act to have overriding effect (preview)
- Section 73 – Action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 74 – Immunity from legal process (preview)
- Section 75 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 76 – Power to make regulations (preview)
- Section 76A – Power of National Authority to make regulations (preview)
- Section 77 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament (preview)
- Section 78 – Power of State Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 79 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)