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Liability to maintain dependant.
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16.—(1) For the purposes of this Act and without prejudice to any obligations imposed by law or otherwise, the following provisions shall have effect—
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(a) every man shall be liable to maintain such of his legitimate children as are under the age of sixteen years;
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(b) every woman shall be liable to maintain such of her children as are under the age of sixteen years:
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(c) every married man shall be liable to maintain his wife and any child of his wife, who was born before her marriage to him and is under the age of sixteen years; and
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(d) every married woman shall be liable to maintain her husband.
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(2) Every reference in this Act to a person who is liable to maintain another person shall be construed as meaning a person who by virtue of subsection (1) of this section is liable to maintain such other person.
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