State Act

The Gujarat Court of Wards Act, 1963

5. (1) For the purposes of section 4, a person shall be deemed to be disqualified to manage his own property if- (a) such person being a female is declared by the District Court, on the application of the Collector and after such judicial inquiry as it thinks necessary, to be unfitted to manage her own property; (b) such person is declared by the District Court, on the like application and after like inquiry, to be incapable of managing or unfitted to manage, his own property owing to- (i) any physical or mental defect or infirmity, or (ii) such habits as cause, or are likely to cause injury to his property; or (c) such person is adjudged by a competent Civil Court to be of unsound mind and incapable of managing his affairs. (2) No appeal shall lie from any declaration under clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1).