The Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, 1921

Current legal status not independently verified. Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). The text below is the official Pakistan Code text as retrieved; whether it is still in force, or has since been amended or repealed, has not been independently checked.

WHEREAS it is expedient to facilitate the enforcement in 2[Pakistan] of Maintenance Orders made in other 3[Countries] and vice versa; It is hereby enacted as follows:___

• Section 1: Short title and extent
• Section 2: Definitions. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,
• Section 3: Reciprocal arrangments. If the 2[Federal Government is statisfied that provisions have
• Section 4: Registration of maintenance orders]
• Section 5: Transmission of maintenance orders made in Pakistan. Where a Court in 7[Pakistan]
• Section 6: Power of summary Courts to make Provincial maintenance orders 9[* *]
• Section 7: Power of Court of summary jurisdiction to confirm maintenance order made out of
• Section 8: Enforcement of maintenance orders
• Section 9: Payment of charges for transmission of sums awarded as maintenance and other costs
• Section 10: Proof of documents signed by officers of Court. For the purposes of this Act, any
• Section 11: Depositions to be evidence. Depositions taken in a Court in any reciprocating territory
• Section 12: Rule-making power. The 1[Federal Government] may make rules for the purpose of