Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 · Chapter I: Preliminary
Section 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 *** and it applies also it 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.
Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 14 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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