In force · As amended up to 2026-08
5. Land-holders to be deemed disqualified in certain cases.— (1) The following persons shall, for the purposes of section 4, be deemed to be disqualified to manage their own property, namely: —
(a) minors;
(b) persons adjudged by a competent Civil Court to be of unsound mind and incapable of managing their affairs; and
(c) persons declared by the Local Government to be incapable of managing their property owing
to —
(i) any physical or mental defect or infirmity;
(ii) their having been convicted of a non-bailable offence and being unfitted by vice or bad character; or
(iii) their being females.
(2) No suit shall be brought in any Civil Court in respect of any declaration made by the Local Government under sub-section (1), clause (c).
Source: India Code