Section 14
Transfer of cases
of Native Customary Marriages (Maintenance) Ordinance, 2003
State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 14 of 15
Section 14
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(1)
Where the amount of maintenance claimed in any originating application exceeds twenty-five thousand ringgit per month or is for a lump sum payment exceeding twenty-five thousand ringgit, the court shall transfer the application to a Sessions Court to be heard by a Judge of that court.
(2)
A Judge of the Sessions Court hearing such an application shall have all the powers conferred by this Ordinance on the court presided by a Magistrate of the First Class.