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Section2 (b)*

"Blindness" refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions, namely:

i. total absence of sight; or

ii. visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses; or

iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse;

Section2 (u)*

"Person with low vision" means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.

* (Chapter 1: Preliminary)

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