Married Women and Children (Enforcement of Maintenance) Act 1968 s 10
Married Women and Children (Enforcement of Maintenance) Act 1968 s 10
s 10 Payment of money under attachment of earnings order
(1) The court to whom an employer pays any sum in pursuance of an attachment of earnings order shall pay that sum to such person entitled to receive payments under the related maintenance order as is specified by the attachment of earnings order.
(2) Any sums received by virtue of an attachment of earnings order by the court shall be deemed to be payments made by the defendant so as to discharge—
(a) firstly, any sums for the time being due and unpaid under the related maintenance order (a sum due at an earlier date being discharged before a sum due at a later date); and
(b) secondly, any costs incurred in proceedings relating to the maintenance order which were payable by the defendant when the attachment of earnings order was made or last varied.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pembayaran wang di bawah perintah penahanan pendapatan
(1) Mahkamah yang kepadanya seseorang majikan membayar jumlah wang menurut suatu perintah penahanan pendapatan hendaklah membayar jumlah wang itu kepada orang yang berhak menerima pembayaran itu di bawah perintah nafkah yang berkaitan sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam perintah penahanan pendapatan itu.
(2) Apa-apa wang yang diterima oleh mahkamah menurut kuasa suatu perintah penahanan pendapatan hendaklah disifatkan sebagai pembayaran yang dibuat oleh defendan untuk menjelaskan—
(a) pertamanya, apa-apa wang yang pada masa itu kena dibayar dan belum dibayar di bawah perintah nafkah yang berkaitan (jumlah wang yang kena dibayar pada tarikh yang lebih awal hendaklah dijelaskan sebelum jumlah wang yang kena dibayar pada tarikh yang kemudian); dan
(b) keduanya, apa-apa kos yang ditanggung dalam prosiding yang berhubungan dengan perintah nafkah itu yang kena dibayar oleh defendan apabila perintah penahanan pendapatan itu dibuat atau terakhir diubah.
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).
