Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
Chapter VI: Offences
and Procedure for Trial
24. Exposure and
abandonment of senior citizen.-
Whoever, having the
care or protection of senior citizen leaves, such senior citizen in any place
with the intention of wholly abandoning such senior citizen, shall be
punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to three months or fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both.