Section 11
Enforcement of order of maintenance.
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) A copy of the order of maintenance and including
the order regarding expenses of proceedings, as the case may be, shall be given without payment of any
fee to the senior citizen or to parent, as the case may be, in whose favour it is made and such order may
be enforced by any Tribunal in any place where the person against whom it is made, such Tribunal on
being satisfied as to the identity of the parties and the non-payment of the allowance, or as the case may
be, expenses, due.
(2) A maintenance order made under this Act shall have the same force and effect as an order passed under Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) and shall be executed in the manner prescribed for the execution of such order by that Code.
(2) A maintenance order made under this Act shall have the same force and effect as an order passed under Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) and shall be executed in the manner prescribed for the execution of such order by that Code.