1Short title, extent, application and commencement.
Section 1 · Chapter I · page 3 of the Act
(1) This Act may be called the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and SeniorCitizens Act, 2007.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 1*** 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.
1 The words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).