1950 Present: Nagalingam J.

DINGIRIMENIKA, Appellant, and KIRIAPPU, Respondent

 S. C. 289-M. C. Kegalle (Additional), 14,470

Maintenance Ordinance (Cap. 76)-Jurisdiction-Court through which maintenance order is enforceable-Court where suit for maintenance may he instituted'- Sections 2, 8, 11.

An order of maintenance may be enforced not only through the Court within  the jurisdiction of which the respondent resides but also through the Court in which the order itself wag originally made

Any Magistrate's Court has jurisdiction to entertain an application for maintenance irrespective of the question where the applicant or the respondent resides.

APPEAL from an order of the Magistrate's Court, Kegalle.

H. W. Jayewardene, for the applicant appellant.

No appearance for the defendant respondent.

October 10, 1950. NAGALINGAM J.-

This is an appeal from an order of the learned Magistrate of Kegalle' refusing an application made by the applicant-appellant for an order on the respondent to show cause why he should not pay the arrears of maintenance due to her. The learned Magistrate has upheld the contention of the respondent that as he