Section 2

In this Act —“certified copy”, in relation to an order of court, means a copy of the order certified by the proper officer of the court to be a true copy;“dependants” of any person means such persons as that person is, according to the law in force in the part of the Commonwealth in which a maintenance order was made, liable to maintain;“Magistrate’s Court” and “District Court” mean a Magistrate’s Court and a District Court having powers or jurisdiction under the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68];“maintenance order” means an order other than an order of affiliation for the periodical payment of sums of money towards the maintenance of the wife or other dependants of the person against whom the order is made, and includes, with reference to Northern Ireland, an order or decree for the recovery or repayment of the cost of relief or maintenance made by virtue of the provisions of any enactment for the time being in force relating to poor relief.