(1)The court which makes an order for the detention of a child or youthful offender in a [Classifying Centre] [These words were substituted for the words 'certified school', by Maharashtra 54 of 1975, Section 49.] or for the committal of a child or youthful offender to the care of a relative or other fit person may make an order or the parent or other person liable to maintain the child, or youthful offender, to contribute to his maintenance, if able to do so, in the prescribed manner.(2)The court before making any order under sub-section (1) shall inquire into the circumstances of the parent or other person liable to maintain the youthful offender or child and shall record evidence, if any, in the presence of the parent or such other person as the case may be.(3)Any order made under this section may be varied by the court on an application made to it by the party liable or otherwise.(4)The person liable to maintain a child or youthful offender shall for the purposes of sub-section (1) include in the case of illegitimacy his putative father :Provided that, where the child or youthful offender is illegitimate and an order for his maintenance has been made under section 488 oi the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898', the court shall not ordinarily make an order for contribution against the putative father but may order the whole or any part of the payments accruing due under the said order for maintenance to such person or persons as may be named to be applied by him or them, as the case may be, towards the maintenance of the child or youthful offender.(5)Any order under this section may be enforced in the same manner as an order under section 488 of the [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.] [See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).]
