Authorities who may be specified for implementing the provisions of this Act
Section 22 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 deals with authorities who may be specified for implementing the provisions of this Act. The State Government may, confer such powers and impose such duties on a District Magistrate as may be necessary, to ensure that the provisions of this Act are properly carried out and the District Magistrate may specify the officer, subordinate to him, who shall exercise all or any of the powers, a The Act was enacted on 29 Dec 2007.
(1) The State Government may, confer such powers and impose such duties on a District Magistrate as may be necessary, to ensure that the provisions of this Act are properly carried out and the District Magistrate may specify the officer, subordinate to him, who shall exercise all or any of the powers, and perform all or any of the duties, so conferred or imposed and the local limits within which such powers or duties shall be carried out by the officer as may be prescribed.
(2) The State Government shall prescribe a comprehensive action plan for providing protection of life and property of senior citizens.
Section 22, The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (Act 56 of 2007).
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Joice P. v. Sub Collector / Maintenance Tribunal
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Final Order order-1.pdf 2018-09-28 DATE VERIFIED (markdown in case brief). Kerala HC (Alexander Thomas J.): Tribunal wrongly authorised SHO under Senior Citizens Act s.22 to enforce maintenance — s.22 is DM implementation/protection-plan power, not maintenance execution; enforcement is under ss.5(8)/11 (and attendance under s.6(3)); remitted for Tribunal execution. Map s.22 and s.11 only (do not pad s.5 — Priti already fills 5).
On this section: Senior Citizens Act s.22: authorities for implementing the Act / protection plan — cannot be used to authorise SHO to execute maintenance orders; that is misdirected (Joice P.).
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Made under this section, and citing it
2 instruments name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 22
What have the courts held on Section 22 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act?
Joice P. v. Sub Collector / Maintenance Tribunal (28 Sep 2018) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Senior Citizens Act s.22: authorities for implementing the Act / protection plan — cannot be used to authorise SHO to execute maintenance orders; that is misdirected (Joice P.).
How do I find court cases under Section 22 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 22, section 22 Senior Citizens Act, section 22 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. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Joice P. v. Sub Collector / Maintenance Tribunal (28 Sep 2018).
What should I read with Section 22 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, and has it changed?
1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it. 2 instruments name it without being made under it, most recently Notification S.O. 1436(E) (2011), then Notification S.O. 1436(E) (2011).
When was Section 22 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act enacted?
Section 22 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, cited as Senior Citizens Act 22, was enacted on 29 Dec 2007 as Act 56 of 2007. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 5. Application for maintenance488 words
- 6. Jurisdiction and procedure318 words
- 16. Appeals273 words
- 32. Power of State Government to make rules234 words
- 2. Definitions231 words
- 4. Maintenance of parents and senior citizens218 words
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