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The Court of Wards Act, 1879

( ACT NO. IX OF 1879 )

Power of Collector to attach such estate
The Collector may, on an arrear so accruing on any such estate, attach the estate and collect the rents and all arrears of rent due, managing the estate either directly or through a manager or by farming it, as he may think fit, for a period not exceeding ten years, nor extending beyond the time when such minor or one of such minors completes his age of 1[eighteen years].

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    The words "eighteen years" were substituted, for the words "twenty-one years" by section 2 of the Court of Wards (Amendment) Act, 2006 (Act No. II of 2006)
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