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Power of Tribunal to order security for maintenance.- (1) A maintenance order may provide for the payment of a monthly allowance not exceeding five thousand rupees per mensem or periodical payment or a lump sum for such period as the Tribunal may determine. (2) The Tribunal may, in its discretion, when awarding maintenance, order the respondent to secure the whole or any part of it by vesting any property in trustees upon trust to pay the maintenance or part thereof out of the income from that property. (3) The Tribunal may, in awarding maintenance, order the applicant to- (a) deposit such minimum sum as the Tribunal may determine with a bank ; or (b) purchase an annuity with an insurer with such minimum sum. (4) The Tribunal may, in awarding maintenance, give directions as to the manner or method of payment. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH MAINTENANCE OF PARENTS AND 7 DEPENDANTS ACT, 2001