Textual Amendments
F1S. 16 repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 9
Where a defendant has been imprisoned or otherwise detained under an order or warrant of commitment issued in respect of his failure to pay a sum due under a maintenance order, then, notwithstanding anything in this Act, no such order or warrant (other than a warrant of which the issue has been postponed under paragraph (ii) of subsection (5) of the next following section) shall thereafter be issued in respect of that sum or any part thereof.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 17 extended by Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34, SIF 77:1), ss. 24, 30, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 2(2)
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Textual Amendments
F2S. 18 repealed (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 11; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
Her Majesty may by Order in Council revoke or vary any Order in Council made under section twelve of the M1Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act, 1920 (which provides for the extension of that Act by Order in Council to certain oversea territories), and an Order under this section may contain such incidental, consequential and transitional provisions as Her Majesty considers expedient for the purposes of that Act.]
Textual Amendments
F3S. 19 repealed (prosp.) by Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c. 18), s. 22(2)
Marginal Citations