Section 91 Matrimonial Causes Act 1970

Section 91 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1970 is about Summary enforcement of orders for maintenance. It provides as follows:

(1) Where pursuant to this Act, a court has made an order for payment of maintenance, the order may be registered in accordance with rules of court in a court of summary jurisdiction of a State of the Federation, and an order so registered may, subject to rules of court, be enforced in the same manner as if it were an order for maintenance of a deserted wife made by the court of summary jurisdiction.

(2) The several courts of summary jurisdiction of the States of the Federation are hereby authorized to do all things necessary for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.