Guardians and Wards Act,1890
Act No : 8
Section : Power to make interlocutory order for production of minor and interim protection of person and property
12. Power to make interlocutory order for production of minor and interim protection of person and property.-(1) The Court may directthat the person, if any, having the custody of the minor shall producehim or cause him to be produced at such place and time and before suchperson as it appoints, and may make such order for the temporarycustody and protection of the person or property of the minor as itthinks proper. (2) If the minor is a female who ought not to be compelled toappear in public, the direction under sub-section (1) for her---------------------------------------------------------------------1. See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and Sch., for "a Part A State or aPart C State".13production shall require her to be produced in accordance with thecustoms and manners of the country. (3) Nothing in this section shall authorize-- (a) the Court to place a female minor in the temporary custody of a person claiming to be her guardian on the ground of his being her husband, unless she is already in his custody with the consent of her parents, if any, or (b) any person to whom the temporary custody and protection of the property of a minor is entrusted to dispossess otherwise than by due course of law any person in possession of any of the property.
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