Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
7. Constitution of
Maintenance Tribunal.-
1.
The
State Government shall within a period of six months from the. Date of the.
commencement of this Act, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute
for each Subdivision one or more Tribunals as may be specified in the
notification for the purpose of adjudicating and deciding upon the order for
maintenance under section 5
2.
The
Tribunal shall be presided over by an officer not below the rank of
Sub-Divisional Officer of a State.
3.
Where
two or more Tribunals are constituted for any area, the State Government may,
by general or special order, regulate the distribution of business among them.