ENACTMENT NO. 13 OF 1984 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1984
PART VI - MAINTENANCE OF WIFE, CHILDREN AND OTHERS
Section 59. Compounding of maintenance.
An agreement for the payment, in money or other property, of a capital sum in settlement of all future claims to maintenance shall not be effective until it has been approved, with or without conditions, by the Court, but when so approved shall be a good defence to any claim for maintenance.