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(1) competent authority which maken a n order for scoding a nelceled by parenls. child or a delinquent child to a children's home or special or placing the child undcr the care of a fit Person, may make an order -requiring the parent or other person liable to maintain, 'the child, to , contribute tprvardb.his majDtcnancer . , . . if able to do so, in the pre3cribedr manner. , (2) The competent authority shaI1, beforemaking any order ~ n d e r . s u b + ~ ~ i i ~ ~ ( ~ ) , inquire into the circumstances -of the parent or- other person liable. to - the child and shallrzcoid evidence, if any, in the prcsenca-of the +ht .br, such other person, as the case may be. (3) The person liable to maintain a child shall, for the purpose of sub-section (I), include in tho case of ilcgitimacy, ,his putati~e father : . . . , p ' Provided that where the child :is'illegitimate and an order For his rnaintenanck has. been made under section 125 of the ~ b d e 'of Criminal .~roccdur~, 1973 ii z of 1974 respect of a n e g h e d .or a delinquent child the competent authority shaall'a~t ardinariu make an order for contribution agaiut the father but may oidec thelvhol; or any part of the sums accruing, due under the said ordcr for maintcnancc to be paid to such persons may be JIarned by the campete~lt authority and such sum by him towards the maintenance of the child; . , (4) Any order made under this section may 'be enforced in the same rnannki , as an order under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, I973. 2 of 1974