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FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 No. 53 of 1975- SECT 107

Persons in prison at commencement of Act.
107. (1) After the commencement of this Act, no person shall be imprisoned or
otherwise placed in custody by reason of contravention of, or failure to
comply with, an order for the payment of money made in a matrimonial cause and
any person who is in a prison or other custody at the commencement of this Act
as a result of contravention of, or failure to comply with, such an order
shall be released forthwith.

(2) The release from prison or other custody under sub-section (1) of a person
who was in that prison or custody by reason of failure to pay any moneys does
not release the person from any liability to pay those moneys.

(3) This section does not affect the operation of sub-section 70 (6) or
sub-section 114 (4). 


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