Liability of husband to pay for spouse’s maintenance in mental hospital, etc

Whenever any spouse is a patient in a mental hospital, or hospital, or is an inmate in a house for the aged, or is in a rehabilitation centre provided or maintained by the Government out of public moneys, the other spouse is required to contribute towards the maintenance of such spouse therein, and sections 59 to 61 of this Act, shall apply in that case and, for the purposes of those sections, every spouse shall be deemed a person entitled to be maintained by the other spouse within the meaning of this Act, Provided that the sum which the contributing spouse shall be required to pay shall be based on his personal circumstances and ability to pay. money payable under Maintenance Order