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The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890

( ACT NO. VIII OF 1890 )

Chapter II

APPOINTMENT AND DECLARATION OF GUARDIANS

Guardian not to be appointed by the Court in certain cases
19. Nothing in this Chapter shall authorise the Court to appoint or declare a guardian of the property of a minor whose property is under the superintendence of a Court of Wards, or to appoint or declare a guardian of the person-
 
 
(a) of a minor who is a married female and whose husband is not, in the opinion of the Court, unfit to be guardian of her person, or
 
 
(b) subject to the provisions of this Act with respect to European british subjects, of a minor whose father is living and is not, in the opinion of the Court, unfit to be guardian of the person of the minor, or
 
 
(c) of a minor whose property is under the superin-tendence of a Court of Wards competent to appoint a guardian of the person of the minor.

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