The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. · XVII — MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3. Mental behaviour,

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

3. Mental behaviour,— "mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception, orientation or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behaviour, capacity to recognise reality or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life, but does not include retardation which is a conditon of arrested or incomplete development of mind of a person, specially characterised by subnormality of intelligence.

Source: India Code