This Act shall be read subject to every enactment heretofore or hereafter passed relating to any Court of Wards by1[any competent Legislature, authority or person in2[any State to which this Act extends]]; and nothing in this Act shall be construed to effect or in any way derogate from, the jurisdiction or authority of any Court of Wards , or to take away any power possessed by3[any High Court4[* * *]].
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1. Substituted By the A.O., 1937 for "the Governor-General in Council or by a Governor or Lieutenant Governor in Council."
2. Substituted By Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "Part A States and Part C States".
3. Substituted By the A.O., 1937, for "any High Court established under the Statute 24 and 25 Victoria, Chapter 104 (an Act for establishing High Courts of Judicature in India)".
4. The words "established in Part A States and Part C States", omitted by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Schedule