Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
Bare Act · 2007
An Act to provide for more effective provisions for the maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens guaranteed and recognised under the Constitution and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
In the syllabus of: MP APO · UP Civil Judge · UP Higher Judiciary
- Act number
- 56 of 2007
- Enacted
- 29 December 2007
- Contents
- 32 sections · 8 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent, application and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Act to have overriding effect
Chapter II — Maintenance Of Parents And Senior Citizens
- Section 4 – Maintenance of parents and senior citizens
- Section 5 – Application for maintenance
- Section 6 – Jurisdiction and procedure (preview)
- Section 7 – Constitution of Maintenance Tribunal (preview)
- Section 8 – Summary procedure in case of inquiry (preview)
- Section 9 – Order for maintenance (preview)
- Section 10 – Alteration in allowance (preview)
- Section 12 – Option regarding maintenance in certain cases (preview)
- Section 13 – Deposit of maintenance amount (preview)
- Section 14 – Award of interest where any claim is allowed (preview)
- Section 15 – Constitution of Appellate Tribunal (preview)
- Section 16 – Appeals (preview)
- Section 17 – Right to legal representation (preview)
- Section 18 – Maintenance Officer (preview)
Sections
Chapter III — Establishment Of Oldage Homes
Chapter IV — Provisions For Medical Care Of Senior Citizen
Chapter V — Protection Of Life And Property Of Senior Citizen
- Section 21 – Measures for publicity, awareness, etc., for welfare of senior citizens (preview)
- Section 22 – Authorities who may be specified for implementing the provisions of this Act (preview)
- Section 23 – Transfer of property to be void in certain circumstances (preview)
Chapter VI — Offences And Procedure For Trial
- Section 24 – Exposure and abandonment of senior citizen (preview)
- Section 25 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
Chapter VII — Miscellaneous
- Section 26 – Officers to be public servants (preview)
- Section 27 – Jurisdiction of civil courts barred (preview)
- Section 28 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 29 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 30 – Power of Central Government to give directions (preview)
- Section 31 – Power of Central Government to review (preview)
- Section 32 – Power of State Government to make rules (preview)