ENACTMENT NO. 3 OF 1952
ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT, 1952

PART VII - MAINTENANCE OF DEPENDANTS



Section 142. Illegitimate children.

(1) If any person neglects or refuses to maintain an illegitimate child of his which is unable to maintain itself, the Court of a Kathi, upon due, proof thereof, may order such person to make such monthly allowance as to the Court seems reasonable:

Provided that if the claim be made against the putative father, it shall be brought in the Magistrates' Court.

(2) Such allowance shall be payable from the date of such neglect or default or from such later date as may be specified in the order.




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