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.