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The Odisha Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. Date : 21st August 1947

Orissa Act No. 26 of 1947

*THE ORISSA COURT OF WARDS ACT, 1947

[Received the assent of the Governor-General on the 6th August 1947, first published in an extraordinary issue of the Orissa Gazette, dated the 21st August 1947]

ANACT TO CONSOLIDATEANDAMENDTHE LAW RELATINGTO THE COURT OF WARDS IN ORISSA

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Court of Wards within the State of Orissa. It is hereby enacted as follows :

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Preliminary