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 Judicial 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.
Home The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 Section 147. Enforcement of order of maintenance.