Section 17
Offence Relating To Disabled Person And Punishment
17. Offence Relating to Disabled Person and Punishment:
(1) No one shall knowingly make transaction or prepare a document on behalf of a disabled person by causing his harm.
(2) No one shall make disabled anyone or make effort to make disabled either or not obtaining his consent with an objective of using him in begging or committing an immoral act or such other act.
(3) No one shall use any disabled person in begging or committing an immoral act or such other act.
(4) Any disabled person shall not be allowed to make livelihood by an immoral occupation or profession.
(5) A person committing any act restricted by this Act or making effort to do so or ordering to do so or helping to do so, shall be punished with an imprisonment for one year in the maximum or fine Rs. five
thousand or both on condition to be added the punishment to be imposed by the prevailing law if any and to be carried on under this very Act in case of not being such provision.
(6) In addition to the punishment under subsection (5), in the case of creation of disabled situation of a sound person resulted by any act restricted in this Act or not doing any other function supposed to be
done, appropriate compensation shall be made to be paid for medical treatment of such person and for his ordinary livelihood also in the future in the situation of his being unable to make livelihood by giving due consideration to the matter.
(1) No one shall knowingly make transaction or prepare a document on behalf of a disabled person by causing his harm.
(2) No one shall make disabled anyone or make effort to make disabled either or not obtaining his consent with an objective of using him in begging or committing an immoral act or such other act.
(3) No one shall use any disabled person in begging or committing an immoral act or such other act.
(4) Any disabled person shall not be allowed to make livelihood by an immoral occupation or profession.
(5) A person committing any act restricted by this Act or making effort to do so or ordering to do so or helping to do so, shall be punished with an imprisonment for one year in the maximum or fine Rs. five
thousand or both on condition to be added the punishment to be imposed by the prevailing law if any and to be carried on under this very Act in case of not being such provision.
(6) In addition to the punishment under subsection (5), in the case of creation of disabled situation of a sound person resulted by any act restricted in this Act or not doing any other function supposed to be
done, appropriate compensation shall be made to be paid for medical treatment of such person and for his ordinary livelihood also in the future in the situation of his being unable to make livelihood by giving due consideration to the matter.