CHAPTER 56 - MAINTENANCE ORDERS (ENFORCEMENT) ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Maintenance Orders (Enforcement) Rules

Application to Reciprocating Commonwealth Countries Under Section 11 - Northern Territory of Australia

Maintenance Orders (Enforcement) Act

MAINTENANCE ORDERS (ENFORCEMENT) RULES

[Section 8]

Arrangement of Rules

   Rule

   1.   Title

   2.   Interpretation

   3.   Transmission of copy of order of court of superior jurisdiction

   4.   Registration of orders by Registrar or District Registrar

   5.   Transmission of copy of order of court not of superior jurisdiction

   6.   Transmission of copy of provisional order

   7.   Registration by a magistrate

   8.   Notice of confirmation of order or otherwise

   9.   Direction as to payments

   10.   Collection of payments

   11.   Variation or rescission of order

   12.   Appeals

   13.   Inspection and copies of registers

   14.   Powers of Attorney-General

   15.   Legal representative of the party

[Rules by the High Court]

GN 142 of 1958,

GN 497 of 1964.

1. Title

These Rules may be cited as the Maintenance Orders (Enforcement) Rules.

2. Interpretation

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires–

“Registrar of the High Court” includes any Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar or District Registrar.

3. Transmission of copy of order of court of superior jurisdiction

The copy of an order made by a court outside Zambia and received by the President under section 3 of the Act shall, if the order was made by a court of superior jurisdiction, be sent to the Registrar of the High Court, who shall–