Native Customary Marriages (Maintenance) Ordinance, 2003 (Cap. 55)
Copy of the official text captured from State Attorney-General's Chambers Sarawak (LawNet Sarawak) (lawnet.sarawak.gov.my) on 27 October 2026. Always check the official portal for the authoritative current version.
| Number | Cap. 55 |
|---|---|
| Type | State enactment |
| Applies to | Sarawak |
| Year | 2003 |
| Published by | State Attorney-General's Chambers Sarawak (LawNet Sarawak) |
Contents — Parts and sections
15 sections, headings copied from the “ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS” of the official text (copy of 27 October 2026). Read the full wording in the PDF.
Definitions: section 2 (Interpretation).
- s 1 Short title, commencement and application
- s 2 Interpretation
- s 3 Payment of maintenance
- s 4 Procedure for application and enforcement of order, etc.
- s 5 Power to make interim maintenance order
- s 6 Power for court to order security for maintenance
- s 7 Compounding of maintenance
- s 8 Duration of orders for maintenance
- s 9 Right to maintenance to cease on remarriage
- s 10 Power for court to vary orders for maintenance
- s 11 Power for court to vary agreements for maintenance
- s 12 Maintenance payable under order of court to be inalienable
- s 13 Recovery of arrears of maintenance
- s 14 Transfer of cases
- s 15 Ordinance to be supplementary to other laws
- LAWS OF SARAWAK
- Chapter 55 NATIVE CUSTOMARY MARRIAGES (MAINTENANCE) ORDINANCE, 2003
Related laws
Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 (Act 164)
Federal Acts that this law's official text itself refers to (as “[Act N]”), most-referred first.
Version history
| Captured | Language | Official “last updated” | Pages | SHA-256 | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 October 2026 | English | — | 13 | 13923ffd636b | PDF 0.2 MB |
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