Section 86. Obligation of person being claimed and employer to comply with order of attachment of earned income. (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1992

ENACTMENT NO. 15 OF 1992
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1992

PART VI - MAINTENANCE OF WIFE, CHILDREN AND OTHERS

Section 86. Obligation of person being claimed and employer to comply with order of attachment of earned income.

(1) A person to whom an order of attachment of earned income is directed shall, notwithstanding the provisions contained in any other written law but subject to the provisions of this Enactment, comply with the order or, if the order is later varied under section 85, comply with the order as varied.

(2) If at any time, there exist two or more orders of attachment of earned income relating to the earned income of a person liable to pay, for the purpose of complying with this Enactment, the Employer shall –

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) implement the orders according to their respective dates when the orders become effective without regard to any later order until all the orders made earlier are implemented; and

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) implement any subsequent orders as if the earned income in relation thereto is a balance of the earned income of the person liable to pay after making any payments under this Enactment in accordance with any order made earlier.

(3) An employer, who, in complying with an order of attachment of earned income, makes a payment under this Enactment, shall give to the person liable to pay a written statement stating the amount of money paid.

(4) If a person to whom an order of attachment of earned income is directed had never at any time, within one month prior to the order being conveyed to him, been an employer of the person liable to pay, he shall immediately give a written notice stating the fact in the specified form to the Court.