The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
Section 4. Definitions.
In this Act,--
(a) "minor" means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years;
(b) "guardian" means a person having the care of the person of a minor or of his property or of both his person andproperty, and includes--
(i) a natural guardian,
(ii) a guardian appointed by the will of the minors father or mother,
(iii) a guardian appointed or declared by a court, and
(iv) a person empowered to act as such by or under any enactment relating to any Court of wards.
(c) "natural guardian" means any of the guardians mentioned in section 6.
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