Section 034e

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“local Court” means a Sessions Court or a Magistrate’s Court having jurisdiction to try suits relating to maintenance of wives or children, and “appropriate local Court” means the local Court in the district where the person, against whom a maintenance order is made, resides;

“reciprocating country” means any country or territory, including

England, Wales and Northern Ireland, to which this Act for the time being applies and which is specified in the Schedule.

Enforcement in Malaysia of maintenance orders made in reciprocating countries