An order for a monthly allowance for the maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall be payable:

A. From the date of the order

B. From the date of the application for maintenance or interim maintainable and expenses of proceedings

C. From the date of the order, or, if so ordered, from the date of the application for maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses of proceedings

D. From any date as the Magistrate may deem fit and proper

Answer: Option C