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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Majority Act, 1875 Section 3

Age of Majority of Persons Domiciled in India

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Majority Act, 1875 Section 3 is part of Majority Act, 1875 - Age of Majority of Persons Domiciled in India. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[3. Age of majority of persons domiciled in India

(1) Every person domiciled in India shall attain the age of majority on his completing the age of eighteen years and not before.

(2) In computing the age of any person, the day on which he was born is to be included as a whole day and he shall be deemed to have attained majority at the beginning of the eighteenth anniversary of that day.]

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1. Substituted by Act 33 of 1999, sec 4 for sections 3 and 4 (w.e.f. 16-12-1999).

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