 annexure extracts prom the indian majority act, 1875 (9 of 1875)|          ||-----------|| preamble |wuereas, in the case of persons domiciled in india it is expedient to prolong the period of nonage, and to attain more uniformity and certainty respecting the age of majority that now exists; it is hereby enacted as follows:— short title 1 this act may be called the indian majority act, 1875 |          |     |     ||-----------|------|------|| 45        | of   | 1860 || age       | of   |      || majority  | of   |      || persons   |      |      || domiciled | in   |      || india    |      |      |3 subject as aforesaid, every minor of whose person or property, or both, a guardian, other than a guardian for a suit within the meaning of chapter xxxi of the code of civil procedure, has been or shall be appointed or declared by any court of justice before the minor has attained the age of eighteen years, and every minor of whose property the superintendence has been or shall be assumed by any court of wards before the minor has attained that age shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the indian succession act or in any other enactment, be deemed to have attained his majority when he shall have completed his age of twenty-one years and not before subject as aforesaid, every other person domiciled in india shall be deemed to have attained his majority when he shall have completed his age of eighteen years and not before age of majority how computed 4, 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, if he falls within the first paragraph of section 3, at the beginning of the twenty-first anniversary of that day, and if he falls within the second paragraph of section 3, at the-beginning of the eighteenth anniversary of that day  illustrations(a) zis born in india on the first day of january, 1850, and has an indian domicile a guardian of his person is appointed by a court of justice z attains majority at the first moment of the first day of january, 1871 (b) z is born in india on the twenty-ninth day of february, 1852, and has an indian domicile a guardian of his property is appointed by a court of justice z attains majority at the first moment of the twenty-eighth day of february, 1873 (c) z is born on the first day of january, 1850 he acquires a domicile in india no guardian is appointed of his person or property of any court of justice, nor is he under the jurisdiction of any court of wards z attains majority at the first moment of the first day of january, 1868 