Married Women and Children (Maintenance) Act 1950 s 4
If any person wilfully neglects to comply with any order made under this Act, the court, which made such order may, for every breach thereof, by warrant, direct the amount due to be levied in the manner by law provided for levying fines imposed by such court, or may sentence him to imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month for each month’s allowance remaining unpaid.
Amaun dilevi
Jika mana-mana orang dengan sengaja abai untuk mematuhi apa-apa perintah yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini, mahkamah, yang membuat perintah itu boleh, bagi tiap-tiap pelanggaran perintah itu, melalui waran, mengarahkan amaun yang kena dibayar itu dilevi mengikut cara yang diperuntukkan oleh undang-undang bagi melevikan denda yang dikenakan oleh mahkamah itu, atau boleh menghukum orang itu dengan pemenjaraan selama tempoh yang boleh sampai satu bulan bagi elaun setiap bulan yang masih belum dibayar. Perempuan Bersuami dan Anak-Anak (Nafkah)
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).