Central · Act 32 of 1956

Section 4 — Definitions.

The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956

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In this Act,--

(a) "minor" means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years;

(b) "guardian" means a person having the care of the person of a minor or of his property or of both his person andproperty, and includes--

(i) a natural guardian,

(ii) a guardian appointed by the will of the minors father or mother,

(iii) a guardian appointed or declared by a court, and

(iv) a person empowered to act as such by or under any enactment relating to any Court of wards.

(c) "natural guardian" means any of the guardians mentioned in section 6.

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