CHHATTISGARH AADHAAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES AND PROTECTION OF INFORMATION) ACT, 2018

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    "title": "CHHATTISGARH AADHAAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES AND PROTECTION OF INFORMATION) ACT, 2018",
    "short_title": "The Chhattisgarh Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services and Protection of Information) Act, 2018",
    "act_number": "13",
    "act_year": 2018,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Chhattisgarh",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "2018-07-18",
    "description": "The Chhattisgarh Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services and Protection of Information) Act, 2018",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
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            "content": "An Act to provide for, as good governance, efficient, transparent, and targeted delivery\nof subsidies, benefits and services, the expenditure for which is incurred from the Consolidated\nFund of State or any other fund set up by any Agency of the State Government, to individuals\nresiding in the State of Chhattisgarh using Aadhaar number as proof of establishing identity of\nan individual and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.\n\nBe it enacted by the Chhattisgarh Legislature in the Sixty-ninth Year of the\nRepublic of India, as follows :-",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(1)",
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            "content": "(1) This Act may be called Chhattisgarh Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial\nand Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services and Protection of Information)\nAct, 2018.",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Chhattisgarh.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) It shall come into force on such date, as the Government may, by notification in\nthe Official Gazette appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different\nprovisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the\ncommencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the\ncommencement of that provision.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions",
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            "content": "2. Definitions.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,-",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(a)",
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            "content": "(a) \"Aadhaar number\" means an identification number issued to an\nindividual under sub-section (3) of Section 3 of the Central Act;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(b)",
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            "content": "(b) \"Agency of the State Government\" means any authority or body\nestablished or constituted by any Central or State law in the State of\nChhattisgarh including the local bodies, and any other body owned\nand controlled by the State Government and includes the bodies\nwhose composition and administration are predominantly controlled\nby the State Government;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(c)",
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            "content": "(c) \"authentication\" means the process by which the Aadhaar number\nalong with demographic information or biometric information of an\nindividual is submitted to the Central identities Data Repository for\nits verification and such Repository verifies the correctness, or the\nlack thereof, on the basis of information available with it;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(d)",
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            "content": "(d) \"benefit\" means any advantage, gift, reward, relief or payment, in\ncash or kind, provided to an individual or group of individuals and\nincludes such other benefits as may be notified by the State\nGovernment, from time to time;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(e)",
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            "content": "(e) \"biometric information\" means photograph, finger print, Iris scan, or\nsuch other biological attributes of an individual specified by the\nCentral Act;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(f)",
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            "content": "(f) \"Central Act\" means the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial\nand Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (Central Act\nNo. 18 of 2016);",
            "footnote": "18 of 2016",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(g)",
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            "content": "(g) \"Central Identities Data Repository\" means a centralized database\nin one or more locations containing all Aadhaar numbers issued to\nAadhaar number holders along with the corresponding demographic\ninformation and biometric information of such individuals and other\ninformation related thereto;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(h)",
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            "content": "(h) \"Consolidated Fund of State\" means a Consolidated Fund of the\nState of Chhattisgarh;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(i)",
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            "content": "(i) \"demographic information\" includes information relating to the name,\ndate of birth, address and other relevant information of an individual\nas per the provisions of Central Act, but shall not include race,\nreligion, caste, tribe, ethnicity, language, records of entitlements,\nincome or medical history;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(j)",
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            "content": "(j) \"enrolment\" means the process to collect demographic and\nbiometric information from individuals by the enrolling agencies\nfor the purpose of issuing Aadhaar number to individual as provided\nunder the Central Act;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(k)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(k) \"Government\" or \"State Government\" means the Government of\nChhattisgarh;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(l)",
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            "content": "(l) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(m)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(m) \"service\" means any provision, facility, utility or any other\nassistance provided in any form to an individual or a group of\nindividuals and includes such other services as may be notified by\nthe State Government;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 190
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(1)(n)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(n) \"subsidy\" means any form of aid, support, grant, subvention or\nappropriation, in cash or in kind, to an individual or a group of\nindividuals which includes such other subsidies as may be notified\nby the State Government, from time to time.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined herein above shall\nhave the same meanings as respectively assigned to them under the Central\nAct;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Proof of Aadhaar number necessary for receipt of certain subsidies, benefits and services",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3. The State Government or, as the case may be, any agency of the State Government, may,\nfor the purpose of establishing identity of an individual as a condition for receipt of a\nsubsidy, benefit or service for which the expenditure is incurred by way of withdrawal\nfrom, or the receipt therefrom forms part of the Consolidated Fund of the State, or any\nother fund set up by any Agency of the State Government, require that such individual\nundergo authentication, or furnish proof of possession of Aadhaar number or, in the\ncase of an individual to whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, such individual\nmakes an application for enrollment:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 3",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Provided that, till such time an Aadhaar number is not assigned to an\nindividual, the individual should be offered alternate and viable means of identification\nfor delivery of the subsidy, benefit or service.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4. Notifying Schemes by State Government",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "4. The State Government shall, from time to time, notify the list of schemes, subsidies,\nbenefits or services for which such authentication or proof is required as per Section 3.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5. Application of Chapters-III and VI of Central Act",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "5. The provisions of Chapter-III (Authentication) and Chapter-VI (Protection of\nInformation) of the Central Act shall mutatis mutandis apply to authentication under\nthis Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6. Act to be in addition and not in derogation of any other law",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "6. The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the\nprovisions of any other law for the time being in force.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7. Protection of action taken in good faith",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "7. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the State Government or\nany officer, or other employees of the State Government for anything which is in good\nfaith done or intended to be done under this Act or rules made thereunder.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8. Power to make rules",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "8. Power to make rules.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 280
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to\ncarry out the provisions of this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 290
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power,\nsuch rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 300
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8(2)(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) specifying the manner of use of Aadhaar number for the purposes\nof providing or availing of various subsidies, benefits, services and\nother purposes for which Aadhaar number may be used;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8(2)(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, specified, or in\nrespect of which provision is to be made by rules.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "Section 8(3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made,\nbefore State Legislature, while it is in session.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "Section 9. Power to remove difficulties",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "9. Power to remove difficulties.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "Section 9(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to provisions of this Act, the State\nGovernment may, as occasion may arises, by an order published in the Official\nGazette, do anything not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, which\nappears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of removing the\ndifficulty:",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 9(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the\nperiod of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "Section 9(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) of this Section shall be laid, as soon as\r\nmay be, after it is made, before State Legislature.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "201813",
        "Act Number": "13",
        "Enactment Date": "2018-07-18",
        "Act Year": "2018",
        "Short Title": "The Chhattisgarh Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services and Protection of Information) Act, 2018",
        "Department": "Law and Legislative Affairs Department",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Chhattisgarh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:17"
}