The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial And Other Subsidies, Benefits And Services) Act, 2016

Chapter: I
PRELIMINARY
Section 1	:	Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2	:	Definitions
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.
Section 6	:	Update of certain information.
Chapter: III
AUTHENTICATION
Section 7	:	Proof of Aadhaar number necessary for receipt of certain subsidies, benefits and services, etc.
Section 8	:	Authentication of Aadhaar number.
Section 8A	:	Offline verification of Aadhaar number
Section 9	:	Aadhaar number not evidence of citizenship or domicile, etc.
Section 10	:	Central Identities Data Repository.
Chapter: IV
UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA
Section 11	:	Establishment of Authority.
Section 12	:	Composition of Authority.
Section 13	:	Qualifications for appointment of Chairperson and Members of Authority.
Section 14	:	Term of office and other conditions of service of Chairperson and Members.
Section 15	:	Removal of Chairperson and Members.
Section 16	:	Restrictions on Chairperson or Members on employment after cessation of office.
Section 17	:	Functions of Chairperson.
Section 18	:	Chief executive officer.
Section 19	:	Meetings of Authority.
Section 20	:	Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Authority.
Section 21	:	Officers and other employees of Authority
Section 22	:	Transfer of assets, liabilities of Authority.
Section 23	:	Powers and functions of Authority.
Section 23A	:	Power of Authority to issue directions
Chapter: V
GRANTS, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT AND ANNUAL REPORT
Section 24	:	Grants by Central Government.
Section 25	:	Fund
Section 26	:	Accounts and audit.
Section 27	:	Returns and annual report, etc.
Chapter: VI
PROTECTION OF INFORMATION
Section 28	:	Security and confidentiality of information
Section 29	:	Restriction on sharing information
Section 30	:	Biometric information deemed to be sensitive personal information
Section 31	:	Alteration of demographic information or biometric information.
Section 32	:	Access to own information and records of requests for authentication.
Section 33	:	Disclosure of information in certain cases
Chapter: VIA
CIVIL PENALTIES
Section 33A.	:	Penalty for failure to comply with provisions of this Act, rules, regulations and directions.
Section 33B.	:	Power to adjudicate.
Section 33C.	:	Appeals to Appellate Tribunal.
Section 33D.	:	Procedure and powers of the Appellate Tribunal
Section 33E.	:	Appeal to Supreme Court of India.
Section 33F.	:	Civil court not to have jurisdiction
Chapter: VII
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Section 34	:	Penalty for impersonation at time of enrolment.
Section 35	:	Penalty for impersonation of Aadhaar number holder by changing demographic information or biometric information.
Section 36	:	Penalty for impersonation.
Section 37	:	Penalty for disclosing identity information.
Section 38	:	Penalty for unauthorised access to the Central Identities Data Repository
Section 39	:	Penalty for tampering with data in Central Identities Data Repository
Section 40	:	Penalty for unauthorised use by requesting entity or offline verification seeking entity
Section 41	:	Penalty for noncompliance with intimation requirements
Section 42	:	General penalty
Section 43	:	Offences by companies
Section 44	:	Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India
Section 45	:	Power to investigate offences
Section 46	:	Penalties not to interfere with other punishments
Section 47	:	Cognizance of offences
Chapter: VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 48	:	Power of Central Government to supersede Authority
Section 49	:	Members, officers, etc., to be public servants.
Section 50	:	Power of Central Government to issue directions
Section 50A	:	Exemption from tax on income
Section 51	:	Delegation.
Section 52	:	Protection of action taken in good faith.
Section 53	:	Power of Central Government to make rules
Section 54	:	Power of Authority to make regulations
Section 55	:	Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament
Section 56	:	Application of other laws not barred.
Section 57	:	Act not to prevent use of Aadhaar number for other purposes under law. [Omitted]
Section 58	:	Power to remove difficulties
Section 59	:	Savings