Married Women and Children (Enforcement of Maintenance) Act 1968 s 4
(1) Notwithstanding any written law to the contrary, the court may, upon the application of the person for whose maintenance the order is made or the guardian of such person, make an attachment of earnings order if the court considers it just so to make. (2) An application for an attachment of earnings order may be made in the proceedings in which a maintenance order is applied for or in any subsequent proceedings.
Kuasa mahkamah untuk membuat perintah penahanan pendapatan
(1) Walau apa pun mana-mana undang-undang bertulis yang berlawanan, mahkamah boleh, atas permohonan orang yang mengenai nafkahnya perintah itu dibuat atau penjaga orang itu, membuat suatu perintah penahanan pendapatan jika didapati oleh mahkamah adil untuk berbuat demikian. (2) Sesuatu permohonan bagi perintah penahanan pendapatan boleh dibuat dalam prosiding yang dalamnya suatu perintah nafkah dipohon atau dalam mana-mana prosiding kemudiannya.
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).