Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Maintenance obligation can be ordered by magistrate against persons with means; interim relief and enforcement available. A Magistrate of the first class may order a person with sufficient means to pay a monthly maintenance allowance for a wife, children, or parents unable to maintain themselves, including interim maintenance and reasonable expenses of the proceeding. Payments may be ordered from the date of the order or the date of application. Enforcement may proceed by warrant to levy unpaid amounts and by imprisonment for remaining unpaid portions after levy. Orders may be cancelled where the wife is living in adultery, unreasonably refuses cohabitation, or the spouses live separately by mutual consent.
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Maintenance obligation can be ordered by magistrate against persons with means; interim relief and enforcement available.
A Magistrate of the first class may order a person with sufficient means to pay a monthly maintenance allowance for a wife, children, or parents unable to maintain themselves, including interim maintenance and reasonable expenses of the proceeding. Payments may be ordered from the date of the order or the date of application. Enforcement may proceed by warrant to levy unpaid amounts and by imprisonment for remaining unpaid portions after levy. Orders may be cancelled where the wife is living in adultery, unreasonably refuses cohabitation, or the spouses live separately by mutual consent.
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