Section 12 of The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 View Chapter 2

Option regarding maintenance in certain cases


   Notwithstanding anything contained in Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (2 of 1974) where a senior citizen or a parent is entitled for maintenance under the said Chapter and also entitled for maintenance under this Act may, without prejudice to the provisions of Chapter IX of the said Code, claim such maintenance under either of those Acts but not under both.