ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1983 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1983
PART V - MAINTENANCE OF WIFE, CHILDREN AND OTHERS
Section 65. Duty to maintain child accepted as member of family.
(1) Where a man has accepted a child who is not his child as a member of his family, it shall be his duty to maintain such child while he or she remains a child, so far as the father and the mother of the child fail to do so, and the Court may make such orders as may be necessary to ensure the welfare of the child:
Provided that the duty imposed by this subsection shall cease if the child is taken away by his or her father or mother.
(2) Any sums expended by a man in maintaining such child shall be recoverable as a debt from the father or mother of the child.