Section 3A of Aadhaar Act 2016 – Aadhaar number of children
Section 3A(1) of Aadhaar Act 2016
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.
Section 3A(2) of Aadhaar Act 2016
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.
1[Section 3A(3) of Aadhaar Act 2016
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.]
- Ins. by s. 5, ibid, (w.e.f. 25-7-2019). ↩︎