Report No. 256

15. Right to Employment. -

No person affected by Leprosy, or any member of his family, shall be denied the right to be nominated, selected or elected, or to continue his appointment, as the case may be, to a public office or for private employment, after he has duly furnished a certificate by a registered Medical Practitioner that attests that such person has been administered with the first dose under Multi-Drug Therapy and continues to undergo or has completed treatment for Leprosy.