CrPC Section 125
Order for maintenance
BNSS Section 144— Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents.
Effective for any FIR, charge sheet, or filing on or after 1 July 2024. Matters that arose before that date continue under the CrPC.
A First Class Magistrate may order a person with sufficient means who neglects or refuses to maintain his wife, legitimate or illegitimate child, or father or mother (all unable to maintain themselves) to pay a monthly maintenance allowance. An interim maintenance order may also be made during pendency of proceedings, to be disposed of within sixty days of service of notice. Failure to comply with the order without sufficient cause may result in a warrant for levying the amount and imprisonment up to one month.
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