MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT

Section 91: Summary enforcement of orders for maintenance.

1970Section 91 of 115Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Where pursuant to this Act, a court has made an order for payment of maintenance, the order may be registered in accordance with rules of court in a court of summary jurisdiction of a State of the Federation, and an order so registered may, subject to rules of court, be enforced in the same manner as if it were an order for maintenance of a deserted wife made by the court of summary jurisdiction.
(2) The several courts of summary jurisdiction of the States of the Federation are hereby authorized to do all things necessary for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.

Cite this section

Section 91, MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT (1970).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/matrimonial-causes-act/section/91/