Section 1
Short title, extent, application and commencement.
The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
About this Act
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.
(1) This Act may be called the
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1*** and it applies also it citizens of India outside India.
(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) It extends to the whole of India 1*** and it applies also it citizens of India outside India.
(3) It shall come into force in a State on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Notes
1. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-
2019).