Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 — Section 4: Definitions

4. Definitions. In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,

(1)“minor” means a person who, under the provisions of the Majority Act, 1875 (IX of 1875), is to be deemed not to have attained his majority:

(2)“guardian” means a person having the care of the person of a minor or of his property, or of both his person and property:

(3)“ward” means a minor for whose person or property, or both, there is a guardian:

(4)“District Court” has the meaning assigned to that expression in the 1[Code of Civil Procedure, 1908] (Act V of 1908) and includes a High Court in the exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction: 2 [(5) “the Court” means:

(a)the District Court having jurisdiction to entertain an application under this Act for an order appointing or declaring a person to be a guardian; or

(b)where a guardian has been appointed or declared in pursuance of any such application

(i)the Court which, or the Court of the Officer who, appointed or declared the guardian or is under this Act deemed to have appointed or declared the guardian; or

(ii)in any matter relating to the person of the ward the District Court having jurisdiction in the place where the ward for the time being ordinarily resides; or

(c)in respect of any proceeding transferred under section 4A, the Court of the officer to whom such proceeding has been transferred.]

(6)“Collector” means the chief officer in charge of the revenue-administration of a district, and includes any officer whom the 3[Provincial Government], by notification in the official Gazette, may, by name or in virtue of his Office, appoint to be a Collector in any local area, or with respect to any class of persons, for all or any of the purposes of this Act:

(3)The Judge of a District Court may at any stage transfer to his own Court or to any officer subordinate to him empowered under sub-section (1) any proceeding under this Act pending in the Court of any other such officer.

(4)When any proceedings are transferred under this section in any case in which a guardian has been appointed or declared, the Judge of the District Court may, by order in writing, declare that the Court of the Judge or officer to whom they are transferred shall, for all or any of the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the Court which appointed or declared the guardian.] CHAPTER II APPOINTMENT AND DECLARATION OF GUARDIANS 5. [Power of parents to appoint in case of European British subjects.] Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (27 of 1981), s. 3 and 2nd Sch.