Section 90. Prohibitory orders of Court. (ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1983

ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1983
ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1983

PART VI - HADHANAH OR CUSTODY OF CHILDREN

Section 90. Prohibitory orders of Court.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 79, the Court may, in its· discretion, issue an order prohibiting the father or paternal grandfather of an infant or their executors or the executors of such executors or any of them from-

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

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

without first obtaining the leave of the Court.

(2) Failure to comply with an order made under this section shall be punishable as a 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 infant.