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The Orphanages and Widows' Homes Act, 1944 (Bengal Act)

( ACT NO. III OF 1944 )

Definitions
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
 
 
 
 
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(2) “marriage bureau” means an institution, by whatever name it may be called, which negotiates the marriages of persons and includes a place where females of any age are kept or intended to be kept by such institution for the said purpose;
 
 
(3) “orphan” means a boy or girl under eighteen years of age who has lost his or her father or has been abandoned by his or her parents or guardians;
 
 
 
 
(4) “orphanage” means an institution, by whatever name it may be called, where orphans are kept or intended to be kept;
 
 
 
 
(5) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
 
 
 
 
(6) “widow” includes a woman abandoned by her husband;
 
 
 
 
(7) “widows' home” means an institution, by whatever name it may be called, where widows or females of any age are kept or intended to be kept.

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    Clause (1) was omitted by section 2 and the First Schedule of the East Pakistan Repealing and Amending Ordinance, 1960 (East Pakistan Ordinance No. XXVIII of 1960)
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