By joint reading of sections 17-A and 12-'4 of the
West Pakistan Family Courts Act, 1964
(hereinafter to be referred as the Act), what comes
out is that when the Family Court was made
competent to pass an interim order for payment of
maintenance, it was ut the same lime, made
incumbent for the same Court to dispose of the
case pending before it within a period
of six months from the date of institution, meaning thereby, that the other passed winder section 17-A
of the ,Act for payment of interim maintenance
would, at the most, be effective for a period of six months, which time has been ullocated by virtae of
sictiora' 12-A of the Act fot iinal disposal of a lis
pending before u 'Iwdge family Court snd' when
the maximum &ge ol an intetim order pussed
under section t7''4 of the Act expires' the
proceedings, if continued befote the Family Court'
"the sami would be considered violation to the
provisions of, section t2-A af the Act und this
Vourt by viitue of, ptoviso attached to section 12-A
,j in, i", hus biei made competent to take notice
71 pnrdnn"y of a family suit-beyond the,period of six'months and to"poss any direction as deemi|'t""
Used In Judgment of:
Lahore High Court
WP- Family Law
29938-14
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