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CHAPTER III DUTIES, RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF GUARDIANS · General

Section 21: Capacity of minors to act as guardians

The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890

A minor is incompetent to act as guardian of any minor except his own wife or child or where he is the managing member of an undivided Hindu family, the wife or child of another minor Member of that family.

Questions on this section

1 question in 2 of our papers cite Section 21. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Under Section 21 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, a minor who is not the managing member of an undivided Hindu family is competent to act as guardian of: