The Maintenance & Welfare of Parents & Senior Citizens Act; 2007 — The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (2007)

Rules under The Maintenance & Welfare of Parents & Senior Citizens Act; 2007 Table of Contents Chapter Title Rules Preliminary Procedure for Maintenance Tribunals & Conciliation Officers 2-9 Scheme for Management of Old Age Homes 10 Schedule Norms of Physical Facilities and Operational Standards for an Old Age Home for Indigent Senior Citizens established uls 19 of the Act 11-12 Forms A-K 13-20 1- Chapter Preliminary Short title and commencement: (1) These Rules may be called the Delhi Maintenance and welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Rules, 2009. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their notification lin the Official Gazette. Definitions. 2 In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "Act" means the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act; 2007 (56 of 2007); (b) "application" means an application made to a tribunal under section 5; "Blood Relations" in the context of a male and a female inmate, mean father-daughter, mother-son, and brother-sister (not cousins); (c) (d) "Form" means a form appended to these rules; (e) "Government" means the Lt: Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appointed by the president under article 239 and delegated as such under article 239 of the constitution; "inmate" , in relation to an old age home; means a senior citizen duly admitted to reside in such a home; (g) "Opposite Party" means the party against whom an application for maintenance has been filed under section 4; "Presiding Officer" means an officer appointed to preside over a Maintenance Tribunal referred to under sub-section (2) of section 7 or an Appellate Tribunal under sub-section (2) of section 15; "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these Rules; "section" means a section of the Act; (2) Words and expressions