(1) The State Government may, confer such powers and impose such duties on a District Magistrate as may be necessary, to ensure that the provisions of this Act are properly carried out and the District Magistrate may specify the officer, subordinate to him, who shall exercise all or any of the powers, and perform all or any of the duties, so conferred or imposed and the local limits within which such powers or duties shall be carried out by the officer as may be prescribed.
(2) The State Government shall prescribe a comprehensive action plan for providing protection of life and property of senior citizens.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 22
Section 22 empowers State Governments to confer wide executive powers upon the District Magistrate to implement the Act, authorizing DMs to formulate comprehensive eviction and property protection rules.
When representing an elderly client whose adult son or daughter subjects them to verbal abuse, harassment, or physical intimidation in the parent's house, file a formal eviction petition under Section 22 r/w State Senior Citizen Rules before the District Magistrate/SDM.