Section 70
Recovery of arrears of maintenance
of Islamic Family Law Enactment 2004
State EnactmentIn forceProvision 71 of 137
Section 70
(1)
Arrears of unsecured maintenance shall be recoverable as a debt from the defaulter and, where they accrued due before the making of a receiving order against the defaulter, shall be provable in his bankruptcy and, where they accrued due before his death, shall be a debt due from his estate.
(2)
Arrears of unsecured maintenance that accrued due before the death of the person entitled thereto shall be recoverable as a debt by the legal personal representatives of the person.