Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 16
16. (1) The liability for maintenance, by reason of
consanguinity, shall only exist as between the persons, and in the
cases mentioned in the foregoing articles of this Sub-title.
(2) Such liability shall cease even in regard to such persons, if
the claimant shall have become indigent through his fault:
Provided that this shall not apply where the claimant are the
parents, or other ascendant.
When claim for
reimbursement of
maintenance can
be made.
Amended by:
XXI.1993.11;
LXV.2020.6.
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