The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. · I — PRELIMINARY

Section 1. 10th January, 2020, vide notification No. S.O. 135(E), dated 10th January, 2020, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 2(ii)

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

1. 10th January, 2020, vide notification No. S.O. 135(E), dated 10th January, 2020, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 2(ii). (i) "person with intersex variations" means a person who at birth shows variation in his or her primary sexual characteristics, external genitalia, chromosomes or hormones from normative standard of male or female body; (j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the appropriate Government under this Act; and (k) "transgender person" means a person whose gender does not match with the gender assigned to that person at birth and includes trans-man or trans-woman (whether or not such person has undergone Sex Reassignment Surgery or hormone therapy or laser therapy or such other therapy), person with intersex variations, genderqueer and person having such socio-cultural identities as kinner, hijra, aravani and jogta .

Source: India Code