Legal glossary
“senior citizen”
Defined in 2 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 · s. 2
(h) "senior citizen" means any person being a citizen of India, who has attained the age of sixty years or above;
Read section 2The National Food Security Act, 2013 · s. 2
(19) "senior citizen" means a person defined as such under clause (h) of section 2 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 (56 of 2007);
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