Married Women and Children (Maintenance) Act 1950 s 7
Married Women and Children (Maintenance) Act 1950 s 7
s 7 Application of Act to orders made under previous Enactments
(1) All orders, made by a court under any of the Enactments set out in the Schedule hereto, and in force at the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been made by such court under this Act, and this Act shall apply to the same accordingly.
(2) Upon an application to vary any order referred to in subsection
(1), made in respect of the maintenance of an illegitimate child, the court may make, under section 6, any order which it could have made upon an application under subsection 3(2).
Malay text (authoritative)
Pemakaian Akta bagi perintah yang dibuat di bawah Enakmen terdahulu
(1) Semua perintah, yang dibuat oleh suatu mahkamah di bawah mana-mana Enakmen yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual kepada Akta ini, dan yang berkuat kuasa pada permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini, hendaklah disifatkan telah dibuat oleh mahkamah itu di bawah Akta ini, dan Akta ini hendaklah terpakai bagi perintah itu dengan sewajarnya.
(2) Apabila suatu permohonan untuk mengubah mana-mana perintah yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1) dibuat berkenaan dengan nafkah seorang anak tidak sah taraf, mahkamah boleh membuat, di bawah seksyen 6, apa-apa perintah yang mahkamah itu boleh buat atas suatu permohonan di bawah subseksyen 3(2).
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).
