Definitions
Section 2 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 deals with definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "children" includes son, daughter, grandson and grand-daughter but does not include a minor; The Act was enacted on 29 Dec 2007.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) "children" includes son, daughter, grandson and grand-daughter but does not include a minor;
(b) "maintenance" includes provisions for food, clothing, residence and medical attendance and treatment;
(c) "minor" means a person who, under the provisions of the Majority Act, 1875 (9 of 1875) is deemed not to have attained the age of majority;
(d) "parent" means father or mother whether biological, adoptive or step father or step mother, as the case may be, whether or not the father or the mother is a senior citizen;
(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the State Government under this Act;
(f) "property" means property of any kind, whether movable or immovable, ancestral or self acquired, tangible or intangible and includes rights or interests in such property;
(g) "relative" means any legal heir of the childless senior citizen who is not a minor and is in possession of or would inherit his property after his death;
(h) "senior citizen" means any person being a citizen of India, who has attained the age of sixty years or above;
(i) "State Government", relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof appointed under article 239 of the Constitution;
(j) "Tribunal' means the Maintenance Tribunal constituted under section 7;
(k) "welfare" means provision for food, health care, recreation centres and other amenities necessary for the senior citizens.
Section 2, The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Act 56 of 2007).
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Questions about Section 2
What does Section 2 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act deal with?
Section 2 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act is headed "Definitions". In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "children" includes son, daughter, grandson and grand-daughter but does not include a minor;
How do I find court cases under Section 2 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Senior Citizens Act 2, section 2 Senior Citizens Act, section 2 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 2 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 7 (Constitution of Maintenance Tribunal), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there is one: most recently Notification for the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (2016).
When was Section 2 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act enacted?
Section 2 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, cited as Senior Citizens Act 2, was enacted on 29 Dec 2007 as Act 56 of 2007. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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