CrPC Section 128: Enforcement of order of maintenance
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 9: Order for Maintenace of wives, Children and Parents
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
¶ *[128. Enforcement of order of maintenance.- A copy of the order of *[maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be] shall be given without payment to the person in whose favour it is made, or to hi s 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].
¶* [Modified by Code of Criminal Procedure Amendment Act, 2001
Study: explanations and related material
Now BNSS 147 (corresponding section). CrPC → BNSS converterSource: BPR&D BNSS–CrPC corresponding section table (UP Police, 2024-07-03), p8
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