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Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....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", in 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 3 - Act to have overriding effect The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act, or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act.

Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....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", in 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.

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2007

THE MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT, 2007 THE MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE OF PARENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS ACT, 2007 AN ACT to provide for more effective provisions for the maintenance and welfare of parents and senior citizens guaranteed and recognized under the Constitution and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY 1. Short title extent, Application and commencement: (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 except the State of Jammu and Kashmir and it applies also to 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. Definitions: 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 provision for food,.....

THE KERALA DAIRY FARMERS' WELFARE FUND ACT, 2007 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2007

THE KERALA DAIRY FARMERS' WELFARE FUND ACT, 2007 ACT 7 OF 2007 THE KERALA DAIRY FARMERS' WELFARE FUND ACT, 2007 AN ACT to provide for the constitution of a Fund to grant relief to, to ensure the welfare of, and to pay pension to the Farmers engaged in cattle rearing in the State of Kerala. Preamble.- WHEREAS, it is expedient to provide for the constitution of a Fund to grant relief to, to ensure the welfare of, and to pay pension to the Farmers engaged in cattle rearing in the State of Kerala and for matters incidental thereto; BE it enacted in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Dairy Farmers' Welfare Fund Act, 2007. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 24th day of August, 2005. 2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) ''Board'' means the Kerala Dairy Farmers' Welfare Fund Board constituted under section 8; (b)''Chief Executive Officer'' means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 11; (c) ''contribution'' means the sum of money payable to the Fund under section 7; .....

Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 2007

.....3 Act to have overriding effect The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act, or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act. CHAPTER 2 Maintenance of Parents and Senior Citizens Section 4 Maintenance of parents and senior citizens (1) A senior citizen including parent who is unable to maintain himself from his own earning or out of the property owned by him, shall be entitled to make an application under section 5 in case of- (i) parent or grand-parent, against one or more of his children not being a minor; (ii) a childless senior citizen, against such of his relative, referred to in clause (g) of section 2. (2) The obligation of the children or relative as the case may be, to maintain a senior citizen extends to the needs of such citizen so that senior citizen may lead a normal life. (3) The obligation of the children to maintain his or her parent extends to the needs of such parent either father or mother or both, as the case may be, so that such parent may lead a normal life. (4) Any person being a relative of a senior citizen and.....