Section 23
( 1)
Where an order is made under section 22 placing a child in a place of safety or in the custody of a fi.t person, the Court making the order may, at the same time or subsequently, make a contribution order requiring the guardian of the child to make such monthly contributions as the Court, having regard to the means of the guardian, thinks fi.t and it shall be the duty of the guardian to comply with the order.
(2)
All sums payable under a contribution order shall be paid into such
Court as the Court making the order shall direct and the Court making any such order may from time to time, on proof of any change in circumstances of the person against whom the order is made or for other good cause being shown to the satisfaction of the Court, rescind, make anew, or vary the order as to it seems fi.t.
(3)
No contribution order shall be made without giving the guardian of the child an opportunity to be heard, but a contribution order may be made against a guardian who having been required to atend, has failed to do so.
(4)
A contribution order shall remain in force so long as the order placing the child in a place of safety or in the custody of a fi.t person remains in force.
(5)
If any person wilfully neglects to comply with a contribution order, a
Magistrate may, for every breach of the order by warrant direct the amount due to be levied in the manner provided by law for levying fi.nes imposed by Magistrates, or may sentence the person to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month for each month's contribution or part thereof remaining unpaid.
Revocation or variation.