sec.24Interim orders for payment of maintenance pending determination of case

### sec.24 Interim orders for payment of maintenance pending determination of case Upon any occasion when the hearing of a complaint made for the purpose of obtaining an order for the maintenance of a wife, husband, or child of the family is adjourned for a period of not less than 7 days (whether or not the hearing has previously been so adjourned), the court may, after such inquiry as it thinks necessary, order the defendant to pay, for or towards the maintenance of the wife, husband, or child such amount as it thinks reasonable. An order under this section shall not be subject to suspension, variation, or appeal, and shall remain in force until the expiration of a period of 3 months from the date on which the order is made or until the complaint again comes before the court (whichever first occurs), and any moneys paid thereunder shall not, irrespective of the outcome of the proceedings upon the complaint, be recoverable. The making of an order under this section shall, unless the hearing of the complaint has otherwise commenced, be deemed not to be a commencement of the hearing of the complaint, and the complaint may be heard and determined by a court whether constituted by the magistrate who constituted the court that made the order by any other magistrate. (sec.24-ssec.1) Upon any occasion when the hearing of a complaint made for the purpose of obtaining an order for the maintenance of a wife, husband, or child of the family is adjourned for a period of not less than 7 days (whether or not the hearing has previously been so adjourned), the court may, after such inquiry as it thinks necessary, order the defendant to pay, for or towards the maintenance of the wife, husband, or child such amount as it thinks reasonable. (sec.24-ssec.2) An order under this section shall not be subject to suspension, variation, or appeal, and shall remain in force until the expiration of a period of 3 months from the date on which the order is made or until the complaint again comes before the court (whichever first occurs), and any moneys paid thereunder shall not, irrespective of the outcome of the proceedings upon the complaint, be recoverable. (sec.24-ssec.3) The making of an order under this section shall, unless the hearing of the complaint has otherwise commenced, be deemed not to be a commencement of the hearing of the complaint, and the complaint may be heard and determined by a court whether constituted by the magistrate who constituted the court that made the order by any other magistrate.