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Married Women Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Part III · Maintenance of Wives and Children
Married Women Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Part III · Maintenance of Wives and Children
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If any person fails to make one or more payments required to be made under a maintenance order, the court which made the order may for every breach of the order by warrant direct the amount due to be levied in the manner by law provided for levying fines imposed by a Court of a
maintenance order
“maintenance order” means — (a) an order for the payment of a monthly allowance made or deemed to be made by a court under this Act; (b) an order for the payment of periodical sums by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or for the benefit of any child under any other law; and (c) a maintenance order registered or confirmed by the court under the Maintenance Orders Reciprocal Enforcement Act.
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Magistrate, or may sentence him to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month for each month’s allowance remaining unpaid.
A maintenance order made by the High Court may be enforced by a Court of a Magistrate in accordance with subsection (1) as if that order had been made by the Court of a Magistrate, except that a Court of a
Magistrate shall have no power to vary an order of the High Court.
maintenance order
“maintenance order” means — (a) an order for the payment of a monthly allowance made or deemed to be made by a court under this Act; (b) an order for the payment of periodical sums by way of maintenance or alimony to a wife or for the benefit of any child under any other law; and (c) a maintenance order registered or confirmed by the court under the Maintenance Orders Reciprocal Enforcement Act.
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