ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 1955 ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ENACTMENT 1955
PART VIII - MAINTENANCE OF DEPENDANTS
Section 119. Lawful minor children.
(1) A minor under the age of eighteen years may by application in the Court of a Kathi, to be made either, personally or through a representative as prescribed obtain an order against his lawful father or any other person liable in accordance with Muslim law to support him for the payment from time to time of any such sums in respect of his maintenance to which he may be entitled to in accordance with Muslim law.
(2) It shall be a sufficient defence to any such application that the applicant has sufficient means to support himself