Section 78 Sheriffs and Civil Process Act

Section 78 of the Sheriffs and Civil Process Act 1945 is about Subsistence allowance to debtor prisoners. It provides as follows:

Where the judgment debtor is committed to prison under this Act, the court shall fix
whatever monthly allowance it shall think sufficient for his subsistence, not exceeding 45 kobo per day, which shall, subject to the provisions of section 8J of this Act, be paid by the judgment creditor by equal monthly instalments in advance before the first day of each month to the registrar, the first payment to be made before the order or warrant of commitment is issued, for such portion of the current month as may remain unexpired:

Provided that if it shall be proved that any judgment debtor has sufficient means
for maintaining himself, it shall be competent for the court, after hearing such judgment debtor, to order that no subsistence money be allowed.