Married Women and Children (Maintenance) Act 1950 s 6
Married Women and Children (Maintenance) Act 1950 s 6
s 6 Rescission and variation of order
(1) On the application of any person receiving or ordered to pay a monthly allowance under this Act, and on proof of a change in the circumstances of such person, his wife or child, or for other good cause being shown to the satisfaction of the court, the court by which such order was made, may rescind the order or may vary it as to it seems reasonable.
(2) Without prejudice to the extent of the discretion conferred upon the court by subsection (1), the court may, in considering any application made under this section, take into consideration any change in the general cost of living which may have occurred between the date of the making of the order sought to be varied and the date of the hearing of the application.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pembatalan dan pengubahan perintah
(1) Atas permohonan mana-mana orang yang menerima atau yang diperintahkan untuk membayar suatu elaun bulanan di bawah Akta ini, dan atas pembuktian suatu perubahan dalam hal keadaan orang itu, isteri atau anaknya, atau bagi sebab yang baik lain yang ditunjukkan sehingga mahkamah berpuas hati, mahkamah yang olehnya perintah itu dibuat, boleh membatalkan perintah itu atau boleh mengubahnya sebagaimana yang difikirkan munasabah oleh mahkamah itu.
(2) Tanpa menjejaskan setakat budi bicara yang diberikan kepada mahkamah oleh subseksyen (1), mahkamah boleh, dalam mempertimbangkan apa-apa permohonan yang dibuat di bawah seksyen ini, mengambil kira apa-apa perubahan dalam kos sara hidup am yang mungkin berlaku antara tarikh pembuatan perintah yang dimohon untuk diubah itu dengan tarikh pendengaran permohonan itu.
Undang-Undang Malaysia AKTA 263
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).
