2 PART II AMENDMENTS TO THE AADHAAR (TARGETED DELIVERY OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUBSIDIES, BENEFITS AND SERVICES) ACT, 2016 Amendment of section 2. 2. In section 2 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (hereafter in this Part referred to as the principal Act),— 5 (i) for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— ‘(a) “Aadhaar number” means an identification number issued to an individual under sub-section (3) of section 3, and includes any alternative virtual identity generated under sub-section (4) of that section;’; (ii) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— 10 ‘(aa) “Aadhaar ecosystem” includes enrolling agencies, Registrars, requesting entities, offline verification-seeking entities and any other entity or group of entities as may be specified by regulations;’; (iii) after clause (b), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(ba) “Adjudicating Officer” means an adjudicating officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 33B; 15 (bb) “Appellate Tribunal” means the Appellate Tribunal referred to in sub-section (1) of section 33C;’; (iv) after clause (i), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(ia) “child” means a person who has not completed eighteen years of 20 age;’; (v) after clause (p), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— ‘(pa) “offline verification” means the process of verifying the identity of the Aadhaar number holder without authentication, through such offline modes as may be specified by regulations; 25 (pb) “offline verification-seeking entity” means any entity desirous of undertaking offline verification of an Aadhaar number holder;’. Amendment of section 3. 3. In section 3 of the principal Act, after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— “(4) The Aadhaar number issued to an individual under sub-section (3) shall be a twelve-digit identification number and any alternative virtual identity as an alternative to the actual Aadhaar number of an individual that shall be generated by the Authority in such manner as may be specified by regulations.”. Insertion of new section 3A. 4. After section 3 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— Aadhaar number of children. “3A.(1) The enrolling agency shall, at the time of enrolment of a child, seek the consent of the parent or guardian of the child, and inform the parent or guardian, the details specified under sub-section (2) of section 3. (2) A child who is an Aadhaar number holder may, within a period of six months of attaining the eighteen years of age, make an application to the Authority for cancellation of his Aadhaar number, in such manner as may be specified by regulations and the Authority shall cancel his Aadhaar number. (3) Notwithstanding anything in section 7, a child shall not be denied any subsidy, benefit or service under that section in case of failure to establish his identity by undergoing authentication, or furnishing proof of possession of Aadhaar number, or in the case of a child to whom no Aadhaar number has been assigned, producing an application for enrolment.”. 30 35 40 45 18 of 2016.