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CAP. 183]
Affiliation Proceedings
[1986 Ed.
Admission of paternity.
Money to be paid to mother or custodian. 1957 c. 55, s. 5(1) & (3).
[cf. 1957 c. 55, s. 5(4).]
Duration of order.
1957 c. 55, s. 6.
Continuance of payment in certain cases. 1997 c. 55, s. 7(2), (3) & (1).
Revocation, variation and revival of order. [cf. 1952 c. 55, s. 53.]
(5) [Deleted, 64 of 1986, s. 3]
6. If a person admits that he is the father of an illegitimate child in a statutory declaration, the admission shall be admissible, without further proof, in any proceedings under this Ordinance as prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the admission.
7. (1) Subject to this Ordinance, the person entitled to any payment to be made under an affiliation order shall be the child's mother, and the order shall provide accordingly. (Amended, 64 of 1986, s. 4)
(2) An affiliation order may, on the application of the custodian of a child, be made or varied by the court so as to entitle the custodian to any payment to be made under the order. (Amended, 64 of 1986, s. 4)
(3) When making or varying an affiliation order, the court may order that the money shall be paid into court and then paid to the mother or custodian in such manner and subject to such conditions as it may direct.
(4) A custodian who is entitled to receive moneys under an affiliation order shall have the same power to recover the same as the mother would have had if the moneys had been payable to her.
8. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, an affiliation order shall not, except for the purpose of recovering money previously due under the order, be of any validity after the child has attained the age of 16 years or has died.
9. (1) If, on the application of the mother or custodian of a child, it appears to the court that the child is or will be engaged in a course of education or training after attaining the age of 16 years, or that the child is suffering from a mental or physical disability, and that it is therefore expedient for payment to be made under the order after the child attains that age, then subject to subsections (2) and (3) the court may by order direct that payment be so made for such period not exceeding 2 years from the date of the order as may be specified in the order. (Amended, 64 of 1986, s. 5)
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the period specified in an order made under subsection (1) may from time to time be extended by a subsequent order so made, but shall not in any case extend beyond the date when the child attains the age of 21 years.
(3) Notwithstanding section 8, the power under section 10 to revive or vary an affiliation order shall include power to revive or vary it in accordance with this section.
10. (1) Where the court has made an affiliation order, it may by order, on an application by the mother, the custodian or the putative father of an illegitimate child revoke, revive or vary the order (other than an order for a lump sum payment in one amount
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CAP. 183]
Affiliation Proceedings
[1986 Ed.
Admission of paternity.
Money to be paid to mother or custodian. 1957 c. 55, s. 5(1) & (3).
[cf. 1957 c. 55, s. 5(4).]
Duration of order.
1957 c. 55, s. 6.
Continuance of payment in certain cases. 1997 c. 55, s. 7(2), (3) & (D).
Revocation, variation and revival of order. [ef. 1952 c. 55, s. 53.]
(5) [Deleted, 64 of 1986, s. 3]
6. If a person admits that he is the father of an illegitimate child in a statutory declaration, the admission shall be admissible, without further proof, in any proceedings under this Ordinance as prima facie evidence of the facts contained in the admission.
7. (1) Subject to this Ordinance, the person entitled to any payment to be made under an affiliation order shall be the child's mother, and the order shall provide accordingly. (Amended, 64 of 1986, s. 4)
(2) An affiliation order may, on the application of the custo- dian of a child, be made or varied by the court so as to entitle the custodian to any payment to be made under the order. (Amended, 64 of 1986, s. 4)
(3) When making or varying an affiliation order, the court may order that the money shall be paid into court and then paid to the mother or custodian in such manner and subject to such conditions as it may direct.
(4) A custodian who is entitled to receive moneys under an affiliation order shall have the same power to recover the same as the mother would have had if the moneys had been payable to her.
8.
Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, an affiliation order shall not, except for the purpose of recovering money pre- viously due under the order, be of any validity after the child has attained the age of 16 years or has died.
9. (1) If, on the application of the mother or custodian of a child, it appears to the court that the child is or will be engaged in a course of education or training after attaining the age of 16 years, or that the child is suffering from a mental or physical disability, and that it is therefore expedient for payment to be made under the order after the child attains that age, then subject to subsections (2) and (3) the court may by order direct that payment be so made for such period not exceeding 2 years from the date of the order as may be specified in the order. (Amended, 64 of 1986, s. 5)
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the period specified in an order made under subsection (1) may from time to time be extended by a subsequent order so made, but shall not in any case extend beyond the date when the child attains the age of 21 years.
(3) Notwithstanding section 8, the power under section 10 to revive or vary an affiliation order shall include power to revive or vary it in accordance with this section.
10. (1) Where the court has made an affiliation order, it may by order, on an application by the mother, the custodian or the putative father of an illegitimate child revoke, revive or vary the order (other than an order for a lump sum payment in one amount
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