4. Definitions.-
In this Act, unless there is something repugnant
in the subject or context,-
(1) "minor" means
a person who , under the provisions of the Indian
Majority Act, 1875 (9 of 1875), is to be deemed
not to have attained his majority;
(2) "guardian" means
a person having the care of the person of a
minor or of his property or of both his person
and property;
(3)"ward" means
a minor for whose person or property or both
there is a guardian;
(4) "District Court"
has the meaning assigned to that expression
in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1882 (14 of
1882)7, and includes a High Court in the exercise
of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction;
(5) "the court"
means-
(a) the District Court having
jurisdiction to entertain an application under
this Act for an order appointing or declaring
a person to be a guardian; or
(b) where a guardian has been
appointed or declared in pursuance of any such
application-
(i) the court which, or the
court of the officer who, appointed or declared
the guardian or is under this Act deemed to
have appointed or declared the guardian; or
(ii) in any matter relating
to the person of the ward the District Court
having jurisdiction in the place where the ward
for the time being ordinarily resides; or.
(c) in respect of any proceeding
transferred under section 4A, the court of the
officer to whom such proceeding has been transferred;]
(6) "Collector" means the chief officer
in charge of the revenue administration of a
district and includes any officer whom the State
Government, by notification in the Official
Gazette may, by name or in virtue of his office,
appoint to be a Collector in any local area
or with respect to any class of persons, for
all or any of the purposes of this Act;
(7)***; and
8. "prescribed"
means prescribed by rules made by the High Court
under this Act.
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