ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1983 ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW ENACTMENT 1983
PART V - MAINTENANCE OF WIFE, CHILDREN AND OTHERS
Section 59. Maintenance of children.
(1) Except where an agreement or order of Court otherwise provides, it shall be the duty of a man to maintain his children, whether they are in his custody or the custody of any other person, by providing them with such accommodation, clothing, food and education as may be reasonable having regard to his means and station in life or by paying the cost thereof.
(2) Except as provided above, it shall be the duty of a person who is liable under Hukum Syarak to maintain or contribute to the maintenance of children, if their father is dead or his whereabouts is unknown or if and to the extent that the father is incapable of maintaining them.