# The Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, 1921, Section 5: Transmission of maintenance orders made in India

- Act: The Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, 1921 (Act 18 of 1921)
- In force from: 1921-10-05
- Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice
- Source URL: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/maintenance-orders-enforcement-act-1921/section/5/

## Text

Where a Court in 1 [India] has, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, made a maintenance order against any person, and it is proved to that Court that the person against whom the order was made is resident in a reciprocating territory, the Court shall send to the Central Government, for transmission to the proper authority of that territory, a certified copy of the order.

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