Section 8
Enforcement of maintenance orders.
The Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, 1921
About this Act
An Act to facilitate the enforcement in India of Maintenance Orders made in reciprocating territories and vice versa.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where an
order has been registered under this Act in a High Court, the order shall, from the date of such
registration, be of the same force and effect, and all proceedings may be taken thereon as if it had
been an order originally obtained in the High Court in the exercise of its civil jurisdiction, or in
such Civil Court subordinate to that High Court as may be named by the High Court in this behalf,
and that Court shall have power to enforce the order accordingly.
(2) A Court of summary jurisdiction in which an order has been registered under this Act or by which an order has been confirmed under this Act, and the officers of such Court, shall have such powers and perform such duties, for the purpose of enforcing the order, as may be prescribed.
(2) A Court of summary jurisdiction in which an order has been registered under this Act or by which an order has been confirmed under this Act, and the officers of such Court, shall have such powers and perform such duties, for the purpose of enforcing the order, as may be prescribed.