Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 · Chapter X: Order for Maintenance of Wives, Children and Parents
Section 147: Enforcement of order of maintenance
In plain words
A free copy of the maintenance order is given to the person it benefits, their guardian or the person who receives payment. It can be enforced by a Magistrate anywhere the person liable to pay is, once the Magistrate is satisfied about identities and non-payment.
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Official text
A copy of the order of maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses of proceedings, as the case may be, shall be given without payment to the person in whose favour it is made, or to his guardian, if any, or to the person to whom the allowance for the maintenance or the allowance for the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be, is to be paid; and such order may be enforced by any Magistrate in any place where the person against whom it is made may be, on such Magistrate being satisfied as to the identity of the parties and the non-payment of the allowance, or as the case may be, expenses, due.
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Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 12 September 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
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