Payment for child born to a single woman; to whom to be made

(1) All money payable under any maintenance order shall be due and payable to the mother of the child born to a single woman in respect of such time, and so long as she lives and is of sound mind, and is not in any prison. made. (2) Whilst such mother is of unsound mind, or is confined in any prison, or after her death, any magistrate may, if he in his discretion sees it fit, by order, from time to time appoint some person who with his own consent, shall have the custody of such child born to a single woman. (3) The magistrate may revoke the appointment of any person referred to in subsection (2) of this section, and may appoint another person in his stead. (4) Every person so appointed to have the custody of a child born to a single woman shall be empowered to make application for the recovering of all payments becoming due under the order of the magistrate as aforesaid, in the same manner as the mother of the child born out of wedlock might have done.