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 Majority Act, 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; [ (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 or 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 4-A, the Court or 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 2 [the Government,] by notification in the Jammu and Kashmir Government 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; and (7) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the High Court under this Act.