Section 12
Option regarding maintenance in certain cases.
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.
Notwithstanding anything contained in
Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (2 of 1974) where a senior citizen or a parent is
entitled for maintenance under the said Chapter and also entitled for maintenance under this Act may,
without prejudice to the provisions of Chapter IX of the said Code, claim such maintenance under either
of those Acts but not under both.