Section 97. Prohibition order by Court. (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984

ENACTMENT NO. 13 OF 1984
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984

PART VII - GUARDIANSHIP
Guardian of Person and Property

Section 97. Prohibition order by Court.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 85, the Court may, where it considers it necessary so to do, make an order prohibiting the father of a minor or the father's father or their respective executors or their respective executor's executors from-

(a) selling, charging, mortgaging, exchanging, or otherwise parting with the possession of any movable or immovable property of the minor; or

(b) leasing any land belonging to the minor for a term exceeding one year,

without the prior leave of the Court.

(2) Failure to comply with an order made under this section shall be punishable as contempt of Court and the Court may in addition to the sentence passed order the person convicted of such offence to pay to the infant a compensation not exceeding the value of the infant's property.

(3) The Court shall not make any order under subsection (2) unless it is necessary or advisable in the interests of the minor.