Act Number: 18

Act Name: The Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, 1921

Year: 1921

Enactment Date: 1921-10-05

Long Title: An Act to facilitate the enforcement in India of Maintenance Orders made in reciprocating territories and vice versa.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Legal Affairs

Section 1: Short title and extent.
    (1) This Act may be called the Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, 1921.
     1(2) It extends to the whole of India 2[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*].]
Notes:
1. Subs., ibid.,for sub-section (2).
2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "except Part B States".
*. Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.
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