Women’s Charter 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10
117. Duration of orders for maintenance
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Except where an order for maintenance is expressed to be for any shorter period or where any such order has been rescinded, an order for maintenance expires —
if the maintenance was unsecured —
on the death of either spouse or former spouse;
in the case of maintenance payable to a former wife — upon her remarriage; or
in the case of maintenance payable to an incapacitated former husband — upon his remarriage; or
incapacitated former husband
“incapacitated former husband”, in relation to a dissolved or an annulled marriage, means a former husband to the marriage who —(a)during the subsistence of the marriage, was or became —(i)incapacitated, by any physical or mental disability or any illness, from earning a livelihood; and(ii)unable to maintain himself; and(b)continues to be unable to maintain himself;
if the maintenance was secured —
in the case of maintenance payable to a wife — on her death;
in the case of maintenance payable to a former wife — on her death or upon her remarriage;
in the case of maintenance payable to an incapacitated husband — on his death; or
incapacitated husband
“incapacitated husband” means a husband who —(a)during the marriage, is or becomes —(i)incapacitated, by any physical or mental disability or any illness, from earning a livelihood; and(ii)unable to maintain himself; and(b)continues to be unable to maintain himself;
in the case of maintenance payable to an incapacitated former husband — on his death or upon his remarriage.