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Definition :

Minor, a person under twenty-one years of age. There is no legal distinction between a minor in this sense and an infant. See INFANT. Strictly speaking, in Scotland a minor is a person between the ages of pupilarity and majority--in males from fourteen to twenty-one years and females from twelve to twenty-one years. minors must act with a curator if they have one, whereas pupils (under the age of pupilarity) act through their tutor. These are summary disabilities imposed by Common Law and Statute on minors.

It means a person of either sex who is under eighteen years of age. [Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, s. 2 (d)]

It means a person who has completed the age of sixteen years but has not completed the age of eighteen years. [Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, s. 2 (cb)]

It means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. [Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (8 of 1923), s. 2 (1) (ff)]

It means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years. [Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), s. 2 (1) (e)]

It means a person who has not completed his or her age of eighteen years. [Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (78 of 1956), s. 3 (c)]

It means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years. [Mental Health Act, 1987 (14 of 1987), s. 2 (n)]

It means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years. [Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), s. 3 (1) (a)]

It means a person who is not deemed to have attained majority under the Indian Majority Act, 1875. [Public Provident Fund Act, 1968 (23 of 1968), s. 2 (b)]

It means a person who, under the provisions of the Indian Majority Act, 1875 is to be deemed not to have attained his majority. [Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), s. 2 (c)]

It means a person who, under the provisions of the Indian Majority Act, 1875, is to be deemed not to have attained his majority. [Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890), s. 4 (1)]

It means any person subject to the Indian majority Act,1875 who has not attained his majority within the meaning of that act, and any other person who has not completed the age of eighteen years; and 'minority' means the status of any such person. [Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 2 (e)]

It means a person who has completed the age of sixteen years but has not completed the age of eighteen years. [Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (104 of 1956), s. 2(b)]