Protection of the Rights of Elders Act 2000 · As enacted · Part IT · Protection of the Rights of Elders
15. Provision for the protection of rights of Elders
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Children shall not neglect their parents wilfully and it shall be the duty and the responsibility of children to provide care for, and to look. into the needs of, their parents.
The State shall provide appropriate residential facilities, to destitute elders who are without children or are abandoned by their children.
No elder shall, on account of his age, be subject to any liability, restriction or condition with regard to access to, or use of, any building or place or institution which any other person has access to or is entitled to use, whether on payment of any fee or not.