Chapter I PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Court of Wards Act, 1967. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala . (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect or in any way to derogate from any power possessed by the High Court of Kerala over the persons and estates of infants, idiots and lunatics,.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Collector" means the chief officer in charge of the revenue administration of a district and includes an acting or officiating Collector and also any officer appointed by the Government to exercise the functions of a Collector under this Act; (b) "court" means the Court of Wards; (c) "minor" means a person who, under the provisions of the Indian Majority Act, 1875 (9 of 1875), has not attained majority; (d) "proprietor" means a person who owns or has a life-interest in land either solely or as a co-sharer; (e) "ward" means a person who has been made a ward of the court under section 18,