Tr}rio Zfo reo_(Q7)04/0007/2003 07 — The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (2007)

Tr}rio Zfo reo_(Q7)04/0007/2003 07 REGISTERED NQ OL_(N44/0007/2003_07 9F&46T the Gazette 0 Gndia 31714RWF EXTRAORDINARY 4 I _ EuG | PART II L Section ( HflaT % Yannri PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 7o 67 | No. 67 | Tfoei, HVar, far 31, 2007 4 10, 1929 NEW DELHI, MONDAY, DECEMBER.3/,2007 /PAUSA 10, [929 14 4 4f17 9U 4841 & vat & fiTRR f0 48 JTG1 %o017 % 44 4 TuT Ml To Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate Gompilation. MINISTRY OFLAWAND JUSTICE (Legislative Departunemt) New Delhi, the 3Ist December; 2007/Pausa 10,1929 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 29th December; 2007 and is hereby published for general information THE MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT,2007 No. 56.QF 2007 [29th December ,2007.] AnAct to provide for mnore 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. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India' as follows: CHAPTER [ PRELIMINARY 1. (T) This Act may be called the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Short title, Citizens Act; 2007 . extent, application (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir and it &nd com- applies also to citizens of India outside India. mencement. (3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:: 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires; Definitions_ (a) "children includes son, daughter, grandson and grand-daughter but does not include a minor; THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART IL (b) "maintenance" includes