Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 Preamble 1 - Bare Act

GUARDIANS AND WARDS ACT, 1890¹

[Act, No. 8 of 1890]

[21st March, 1890]

PREAMBLE

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Guardian and Wards.

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to guardian and ward; It is hereby enacted as follows:

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1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1886, Pt. V, p. 77; for Report of the Select Committee, see Gazette of India., 1890, Pt. V, p. 77; and for Debates in Council, see Gazette of India, 1886, Supplement, pp. 419 and 666, and Gazette of India, 1890, Pt. VI, pp. 33 and 45.

This Act has been declared to be in force in the Sonthal Parganas by the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation (3 of 1972), section 3; in the Khondmals District by the Khondmals Laws Regulation, 1936 (4 of 1936), Section 3 and Schedule; and in the Angul District by the Angul Laws Regulation, 1936 (5 of 1936), Section 3 and Schedule.

It has been declared not to be in force in the scheduled districts in Ganjam and Vizagapatam by notification under section 3 (b) of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), see Gazette of India, 1898, Pt. I, p. 872.

It has been extended to the portions of the partially excluded areas in the Madras State, in which the provisions of this Act are not in force by the Madras (Partially Excluded Areas) Guardians and Wards Regulation, 1940 (Mad. Reg. 6 of 1940), to Berar by the Berar Laws Act, 1941 (4 of 1941).

It has been extended, with modifications, to the district of koraput by the Koraput Guardians and Wards Regulation, 1943 (Orissa Reg. 7 of 1943).

It has been extended to the Union territory of Pondicherry by the Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act, 1968 (26 of 1968), subject to the following proviso:-

"Provided that nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the Union Territory of Pondicherry".

It has been supplemented by the Hindu Minority and Guardians Act, 1956 (32 of 1956), section 2.

This Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, Section 2 and Schedule I and to the whole of the Union territory of Lakshdweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, Section 3 and Schedule.

This Act has been enforced in the State of Sikkim, w.e.f. 1st September, 1984, vide S.O. 644(E), dated the 24th August, 1984, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Pt. II, section 3(ii).