ENACTMENT NO. 13 OF 1984 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984
PART VI - MAINTENANCE OF WIFE, CHILDREN AND OTHERS
Section 65. Recovery of arrears of maintenance.
(1) Arrears of unsecured maintenance, whether payable by agreement or order of Court, shall be recoverable as a debt from the defaulter and, where thay accrued due before the making of a receiving order against the defaulter, shall be provable in his bankruptcy and, where accrued due before his death, shall be a debt due from his astate.
(2) Arrears of unsecured maintenace that accrued due before the death of the person entitled thereto shall be recoverable as a debt by the legal personal representatives of the person.