ENACTMENT NO. 5 OF 1956 ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM ENACTMENT 1956
PART VII - MAINTENANCE OF DEPENDANTS
Section 140. Infirm and diseased persons.
(1) Any person who is incapacitated by infirmity or disease from supporting himsdf may by application in the Court of a Kathi obtain an order against any person liable in accordance with the Law of tile Religion of Islam to support him for the payment from tnne to time in cash or kind in respect of his maintenance as may be proper.
(2) Lack of means in the respondent shall be a sufficient defence to any such application.