A copy of the order of maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses of proceedings, as the case may be, shall be given without payment to the person in whose favour it is made, or to his guardian, if any, or to the person to whom the allowance for the maintenance or the allowance for the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be, is to be paid; and such order may be enforced by any Magistrate in any place where the person against whom it is made may be, on such Magistrate being satisfied as to the identity of the parties and the non-payment of the allowance, or as the case may be, expenses, due.
Section 147 BNSS: Enforcement of order of maintenance
- Corresponding CrPC
- Section 128 CrPC
Bare Act text
Text as enacted in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023), in force from 1 July 2024. Source: India Code, Government of India.
In simple words
Requires a copy of a maintenance or interim maintenance order and the proceeding expenses to be given free to the person in whose favour it is made, or to his guardian or the person to be paid. The order may be enforced by any Magistrate where the person against whom it is made may be, subject to the satisfaction the section requires.