Powers of Court of Wards, of its own motion, to assume superintendence

When any land-holder is a minor or a person adjudged by a competent Court to be of unsound mind and incapable of managing his affairs, the Court of Wards may make an order assuming the superintendence of the property, or the person and property of such land-holder.

6.A. Power to assume superintendence of properties of certain persons who are not land-holders

1. (1) The [State Government ] may in case of any person whose property was before the 15th of August, 1947 under the superintendence of the [Court of Wards for the undivided Punjab], make an order directing that the whole or such part of the movable property as may be specified in the order of such person in or transferred to [the territories specified in sub-section
2. (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966] be placed under the superintendence of the Court of Wards, notwithstanding that such person is not a land-holder [in the territories specified in sub-section
3. (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966].
4. (2) An order made by the [State Government] under sub-section
5. (1) shall be final and shall not be called in question in any court of law.
6. (3) When in respect of any person an order is made by the [State Government] under sub-section (1), the Court of Wards shall assume the superintendence of the property specified in the order under sub-section
7. (1) of such person.
8. (4) The provisions of the Punjab Court of Wards Act, 1903, so far as may be, shall apply to superintendence assumed by the Court of Wards under sub-section (3)