(1) A Government ward shall be incompetent to transfer or create any charge on, or interest in, his property or any part thereof (except such interest as may be created by a will made in accordance with section 32), or to enter into any contract which may involve him in pecuniary liability; and no suit shall be brought in any Civil Court whereby to charge any person upon any promise made after he has ceased to be a Government ward to pay any debt contracted during the period when he was a Government ward, or upon any ratification made after he has ceased to be a Government ward of any promise or contract made during the period aforesaid, whether there is or is not any new consideration for such promise or ratification.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the capacity of a Government ward to enter into a contract of marriage:
Provided that a Government ward shall not incur, in connection with such a contract, any pecuniary liability, except such as, having regard to the personal law to which he is subject and to his rank and circumstances, the Court of Wards may, in writing, declare to be reasonable.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the capacity of a Government ward to enter into a contract of marriage:
Provided that a Government ward shall not incur, in connection with such a contract, any pecuniary liability, except such as, having regard to the personal law to which he is subject and to his rank and circumstances, the Court of Wards may, in writing, declare to be reasonable.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Commissioner to be Court of Wards.Section 4 · Superintendence by Court of Wards of property of disqualified landholder.Section 5 · Land-holders to be deemed disqualified in certain cases.Section 6 · Superintendence by Court of Wards on application of proprietor.Section 7 · Temporary provisions for custody of heirs and protection of property in certain cases.Section 8 · Superintendence by Court of Wards of person of disqualified landholder.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 18 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.