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The Disabilities Act (Act of 2014)

Authoring Organisation
Senate and House of Representatives of Jamaica
WHO MiNDbank Collection
Country Resources
Resource Type
Disability Legislation
Country/Region
Jamaica
Date Published
10 October 2014
Document Type
Legislation/regulation
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The Disabilities Act 2014 safeguards the welfare of people with disabilities and establishes a body to be called the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, which shall be a body corporate to which the Section 28 of the Interpretation Act shall apply.

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The Disabilities Act 2014.
English, 2 MB pdf

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