Cap. 242 Art. 20Power to applyAct to maintenance orders and applications for recovery of maintenance in other cases.

(1) Where the President of Malta is satisfied -

(a) that arrangements have been or will be made in a country or territory outside Malta to ensure that maintenance orders made by courts in Malta against persons in that country or territory can be enforced in that country or territory or that applications by persons in Malta for the recovery of maintenance from persons in that country or territory can be entertained by courts in that country or territory; and

(b) that in the interest of reciprocity it is desirable to ensure that maintenance orders made by courts in that be entertained by courts in Malta, the President of Malta may by order make provision for applying the provisions of this Act, with such exceptions adaptations and modifications as may be specified in the order, to such orders or applications as are referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) and to maintenance and other orders made in connection with such applications by courts in Malta or in that country or territory.

(2) The President of Malta may also in like manner make such further provision as he may deem necessary or expedient for any purposes aforesaid or with a view to or in view of the accession by Malta to any international convention relating to maintenance.