Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where the Collector is not the Court of Wards, with the general or special sanction of the 4[State Government] the Court of Wards may, from time to time, delegate all or any of its powers to the Collector of any district in which any part of the property of a Government ward is situated, or to any other officer not below the rank of an Assistant or Deputy Collector whom it may appoint in this behalf, and may, at any time, with the like sanction, revoke such delegation. (2) Where the Collector is not the Court of Wards, subject to any general or special orders of the 4[State Government], the Court of Wards may exercise all or any of the powers conferred on it by this Act through the Collector of any district in which any part of the property of a Government ward is situated, or through any other officer not below the rank of an Assistant or Deputy Col- lector whom it may appoint in this behalf, and, subject to the like orders, any such Collector or Assistant or Deputy Collector may, exercise, all or any of the powers delegated to him under this Act through any Revenue Officer subordinate to him not below the rank of a Mahalkari. (3) Where the Collector is the Court of Wards, subject to any general or special orders of the 1[State Government], the Court of Wards may exercise all or any of the powers under this Act through an Assistant or Deputy Collector whom it may appoint in this behalf and subject to the like orders, any such Assistant or Deputy Collector may exercise all or any of the powers delegated to him under this Act through any Revenue-Officer subordinate to him not below the rank of a Mahalkari.