Section 58 — Procedure for certification.

58. Procedure for certification.—(1) Any person with specified disability, may apply, in such 

manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government, to a certifying authority having jurisdiction, for 

issuing of a certificate of disability. 

(2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the certifying authority shall assess the 

disability of the concerned person in accordance with relevant guidelines notified under section 56, and 

shall, after such assessment, as the case may be,— 

(a) issue a certificate of disability to such person, in such form as may be prescribed by the 

Central Government; 

(b) inform him in writing that he has no specified disability. 

(3) The certificate of disability issued under this section shall be valid across the country.