New Zealand Government

“ Provided always that if the sum to be paid in pursuance of any such order shall have been allowed by the person entitled to receive the same to be in arrear for more than thirteen weeks without making such application as aforesaid, the person liable to pay the same shall not be compelled to pay more than the amount due for thirteen weeks in discharge of the whole debt, and no warrant
of distress shall be issued for more than the amount of arrears for thirteen weeks' payment in discharge of the whole arrears. ”

“ Children may be bound apprentices in certain cases.
11.It shall be lawful for any two Justices with the consent of either of the parents, if living and within the limits of the Colony, but if otherwise then without such consent, to bind any child in respect of whose support any such order as aforesaid shall have been made and be then in force, and who shall have attained the age of fourteen years, as an apprentice, until such child shall attain the age of eighteen years, to any trade business or employment suitable to such child ”

“ Interpretation.
23.For the purposes of this Ordinance every word importing the masculine gender shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male, except where the context excludes such construction. ”