Clause 25

Where an order has been made by a protector under section 16 committing a child to a place of safety or to the custody of a relative or other fit person, the protector may at the time of or subsequent to the making of such order make a further order (referred to in this section as a protector’s contribution order) requiring the parent or guardian of the child or the person having the custody of the child at the time of the making of the order to contribute such weekly or monthly sum in respect of the child’s maintenance as the protector having regard to his means thinks fit, and it shall be the duty of the parent or guardian or other person to comply with the terms of a protector’s contribution order.

No protector’s contribution order shall be made without giving the person ordered to make a contribution an opportunity to be heard.

A protector’s contribution order shall remain in force for so long as the committal order in respect of the child is in force except that such order —

If any person wilfully neglects to comply with a protector’s contribution order made under this section, a court may, for every breach of the order, by warrant direct the amount due to be levied in the manner by law provided for levying fines imposed by Magistrates, or may sentence the person to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month for each month’s contribution remaining unpaid.