The village development committee or municipality shall keep the records of the residents within their area.
(2) The social welfare officer shall prepare a record according to the nature and type of the persons with disabilities with the help of associations and organizations working at the local level through the concerned village development committee or municipality and must send a copy of the same to the ministry and the ministry shall also send a copy of the records to Nepal based on the records. …………. A national record will be prepared and kept according to the nature and type of children.
(3) The Central Statistics Department shall disclose the data of APA clearly in the national census.