Section 654: Right to claim for maintenance

If a person rears and maintains another person without giving information to the person obliged to rear and maintain that other person, the person who so rears and maintains shall be entitled to claim an amount for such rearing and maintenance from the person under such obligation.

Provided that if he or she maintains such a person by way of compassion or gratification or with intention to do so gratuitously, he or she shall not be entitled to claim such an amount.