Majority Act (India)

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Majority Act
Parliament of India
Enacted by	Parliament of India
Status: In force

The Majority Act of 1875 (Indian Majority Act, 1875 earlier)^[1] As per section 3(1) of the Indian Majority Act 1875 every person domiciled in India shall attain the age of majority on completion of 18 years and not before. Unless a particular personal law specifies otherwise, every person domiciled in India is deemed to have attained majority upon completion of 18 years of age. Section 3(2) states that in computing the age of any person, the day on which he was born is to be included as a whole day and he shall be deemed to have attained majority at the beginning of the eighteenth anniversary of that day. But if the child born is appointed a guardian or he/she is under court of wards then he/she attains majority after his completion of 21 years of age.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

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