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Payment of weekly sums.
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4.—(1) Every weekly sum payable by a putative father under an affiliation order shall commence from such date as the Justice making the order shall fix in and by the order but so that such date shall not be more than twelve months before nor more than twelve months after the date of the order and shall not be previous to the date of the birth of the illegitimate child in respect of whom such weekly sum is payable.
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(2) Every weekly sum payable by a putative father under an affiliation order shall, subject to any variation in the amount thereof made under this Act, continue to be payable until the happening of whichever of the following events first happens, that is to say:—
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(a) the death of the illegitimate child in respect of whom the said weekly sum is payable;
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(b) the attainment by such child of the age of sixteen years;
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(c) the commutation under this Act of such weekly sum by payment of a lump sum;
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(d) the termination of the said weekly sum by an order of the District Court under this section.
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(3) Where, upon the attainment of the age of sixteen years by an illegitimate child in respect of whom a weekly sum was immediately before it attained such age payable under an affiliation order, it appears to a Justice of the District Court that such child is mentally or bodily deficient in such manner and to such degree as to render such child totally and permanently unfit for employment of any kind, such Justice may by order continue the payment of such weekly sum under such affiliation order for the life of such child.
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(4) On the death of a putative father liable to pay a weekly sum under an affiliation order the liability for the payment of such weekly sum shall attach to his real and personal estate as a civil debt and such weekly sum shall be recoverable accordingly by the person to whom the same is for the time being payable.
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