LawgistThe Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act
4Definitions
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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All sections
- 1 Short title and extent
- 2 Act to be supplemental to Act 8 of 1890
- 3 Application of Act
- 4 Definitions
- 5 Over-riding effect of Act
- 6 Natural guardians of a Hindu minor
- 7 Natural guardianship of adopted son
- 8 Powers of natural guardian
- 9 Testamentary guardians and their powers
- 10 Incapacity of minor to act as guardian of property
- 11 De facto guardian not to deal with minor’s property
- 12 Guardian not to be appointed for minors undivided interest in joint family property
- 13 Welfare of minor to be paramount consideration
