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Bombay Court of Wards Act, 1905, (Maharashtra) Section 5 - Bare Act

State

Maharashtra Government

Year

Section Title

Land

Act Info:


(1) The following land-holders 1[or pension-holders] shall, for the purposes of section 4, be deemed to be disqualified to manage their own property, namely :-

(a) minors;

(b) females declared by the District Court, on the application of the Collector and after such judicial inquiry as it thinks necessary, to be unfitted to manage their own property;

(c) persons declared by the District Court, on the like application and after the like inquiry, to be incapable of managing, or unfitted to manage, their own property owing to,-

(i) any physical or mental defect or infirmity; or

(ii) such habits as cause, or are likely to cause, injury to their property or to the well-being of their inferior holders; and

(d) persons adjudged by a competent Civil Court to be of unsound mind and incapable of managing their affairs.

(2) No appeal shall lie from any declaration under clause (b) or (c) of sub-section (1).

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1. These words were inserted by Bombay Court of Wards (Amendment) Act, 1913, Section 4(2).



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