PART IV CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS MAINTENANCE OF CHILDREN
Contribution in respect of children in the care of the Director

21.-(1) The Director shall arrange with the father and mother or the person who was the legal guardian of a child prior to him being taken into care by the Director for a contribution according to their means towards the maintenance of the child who is in the care of the Director.

(2) Where an agreement cannot be reached or is not being complied with the Director shall complain to the Court of the District in which the person liable to contribute resides, and the Court may make an order for the payment according to the means of the person towards the maintenance of the child.

(3) No order for the payment of maintenance by a father or mother or person who was legal guardian before the child was received by the Director shall be made where the child has attained the age of sixteen years.

(4) A person in care who has attained the age of sixteen years and is engaged in remunerative full-time work shall be liable to make contributions in respect of himself and where no agreement can be reached or is not being complied with the Court of the District in which the person resides may make an order for the payments of an appropriate amount according to means.

(5) A contribution order made under this section shall remain in force as long as the child is in the care of the Director provided that a person contributing may at any time apply to the Court of the District in which he resides for the order to be amended or discharged on the grounds that his circumstances have changed since the order was made.

Contribution in case of illegitimate children

22. Where an illegitimate child is received into care by the Director under section 3 or as a fit person under the provisions of the Juvenile Offenders Law, the Director may apply to the Court within whose area the putative father resides for the payment, directly to the Director, of such amount by way of maintenance of such child as the Court may direct.