REGISTERED No. D. 221 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 55] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30, 1962/AGRAHAYANA 9. 1884 MINISTRY OF LAW (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 30th. November, 1962 /Agrahayana 9, 1884 (Saka) The following Acts of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 29th November, 1962, and are hereby published for general information: — THE HINDU ADOPTIONS AND MAINTENANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1962 No. 45 OF 1962 [28th November, 1962] An Act further to amend the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. This Act may be called the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance (Amendment) Act, 1962. Short title.
2. In section 2 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the Explanation to sub-section (1) —
(a) In clause (b), the word "and" occurring at the end shall be omitted;
(b) after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— "(bb) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, who has been abandoned both by his father and mother or whose 78 of 1956. Amendment of section 2.
(387) 388 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II parentage is not known and who in either case is brought up as a Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh; and".
3. In section 9 of the principal Act,—
(a) in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets and figure "sub-section (3)", the words, brackets and figures "sub-section
(3) and sub-section (4)" shall be substituted;
(b) for sub-section (4) the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— Amendment of section 9. "(4) Where both the father and mother are dead or have completely and finally renounced the world or have abandoned the child or have been declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be of unsound mind or where the parentage of the child is not known, the guardian of the child may give the child in adoption with the previous permission of the court to any person including the guardian himself.";
(c) in the Explanation—
(i) in clause (i), the word "and" at the end shall be omitted;
(ii) after clause (i), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: — '(ia) "guardian" means a person having the care of the person of a child or of both his person and property end includes—
(a) a guardian appointed by the will of the child's father or mother, and
(b) a guardian appointed or declared by a court; and'.
4. In section 11 of the principal Act, in clause (in), after the words "from the family of its birth", the words "or in the case of an abandoned child or a child whose parentage is not known, from the place or family where it has been brought up" shall be inserted. Amendment of section
11. SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 389 THE METAL TOKENS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1962 No. 48 OF 1962 [29th November, 1962] An Act further to amend the Metal Tokens Act, 1889 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows : —
1. This Act may be called the Metal Tokens (Amendment) Act,
1962. Short title.
2. For sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Metal Tokens Act, 1889 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following subsection shall be substituted, namely: — "(2) It extends to the whole of India.". 1 of 1889. Amendment of section i.
3. For section 2 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely: — Amendment of lection 2, '2. In this Act "issue" means to put a piece of metal Into circulation for the first time for use as money in India, such piece having been made in contravention of this Act or brought into India by sea or by land in contravention of any notification for the time being in force und«r section 19 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878.'.
4. In section 6 of the principal Act, for the words "the said territories" wherever they occur, the word "India" shall be substituted. 8 of 1878. Amendment of section 6. R. C. S. SARKAR, Secy, to the Govt. of India. PRINTED IN INDIA BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVT. OF INDIA PRESS, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS DELHI; 1982