SEC . 1]
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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(r) “records of entitlement” means records of benefits, subsidies or services
provided to, or availed by, any individual under any programme;
(s) “Registrar” means any entity authorised or recognised by the Authority for
the purpose of enrolling individuals under this Act;
(t) “regulations” means the regulations made by the Authority under this Act;
(u) “requesting entity” means an agency or person that submits the Aadhaar
number, and demographic information or biometric information, of an individual to the
Central Identities Data Repository for authentication;
(v) “resident” means an individual who has resided in India for a period or
periods amounting in all to one hundred and eighty-two days or more in the twelve
months immediately preceding the date of application for enrolment;
(w) “service” means any provision, facility, utility or any other assistance
provided in any form to an individual or a group of individuals and includes such
other services as may be notified by the Central Government;
(x) “subsidy” means any form of aid, support, grant, subvention, or
appropriation, in cash or kind, to an individual or a group of individuals and includes
such other subsidies as may be notified by the Central Government.
CHAPTER II
ENROLMENT
3. (1) Every resident shall be entitled to obtain an Aadhaar number by submitting his
demographic information and biometric information by undergoing the process of enrolment:
Aadhaar
number.
Provided that the Central Government may, from time to time, notify such other category
of individuals who may be entitled to obtain an Aadhaar number.
(2) The enrolling agency shall, at the time of enrolment, inform the individual
undergoing enrolment of the following details in such manner as may be specified by
regulations, namely:—
(a) the manner in which the information shall be used;
(b) the nature of recipients with whom the information is intended to be shared
during authentication; and
(c) the existence of a right to access information, the procedure for making
requests for such access, and details of the person or department in-charge to whom
such requests can be made.
(3) On receipt of the demographic information and biometric information under
sub-section (1), the Authority shall, after verifying the information, in such manner as may
be specified by regulations, issue an Aadhaar number to such individual.
4. (1) An Aadhaar number, issued to an individual shall not be re-assigned to any
other individual.
(2) An Aadhaar number shall be a random number and bear no relation to the attributes
or identity of the Aadhaar number holder.
(3) An Aadhaar number, in physical or electronic form subject to authentication and
other conditions, as may be specified by regulations, may be accepted as proof of identity
of the Aadhaar number holder for any purpose.
21 of 2000.
Explanation.— For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression “electronic
form” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (r) of sub-section (1) of
section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Properties of
Aadhaar
number.