Section 4Definitions

Section 4: Definitions

4. Definitions

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.