Section 7: Mode of enforcing orders.
(1) A court of a magistrate in which an order has been registered under this Act or by which an order has been confirmed under this Act, and the officers of such court, shall take all such steps for enforcing the order as may be prescribed.
(2) Every such order shall be enforceable in like manner as if the order were for the payment of a civil debt recoverable summarily.
(3) A warrant of distress or commitment issued by a magistrate for the purpose of enforcing any order so registered or confirmed may be executed in any part of Nigeria in the same manner as if the warrant had been originally issued or subsequently endorsed by a court having jurisdiction in the place where the warrant is executed.
Cite this section
Section 7, MAINTENANCE ORDERS ACT (1921).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/maintenance-orders-act/section/7/