Contents (1970 - 60)
Minors (Property and Contracts) Act 1970 No 60
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act and commencement
2 (Repealed)
3 Amendments and saving
4 Savings
5 The Crown
6 Definitions
7 This and other Acts cumulative

Part 2 Capacity at eighteen years

8 Civil acts generally
9 Full age generally
10 Fiduciary office
11 Legal proceedings
12 Estoppel
13 Laches and acquiescence
14 Tort: consent etc
15 Domicile

Part 3 Capacity of minors

16 Application
17 Preliminary
18 Age of understanding
19 Beneficial civil act
20 Disposition for consideration
21 Gift
22 Act pursuant to duty
23 Investment in government securities
24 Protection of strangers
25 Receipt by married minor
26 Capacity by order of Supreme Court
27 Approval of contract or disposition
28 Certified disposition by a minor
29 Certified disposition to a minor
30 Affirmation
31 Repudiation by minor
32 Repudiation by representative of deceased minor
33 Notice of repudiation
34 Repudiation by court for minor
35 Restriction on effect of repudiation
36 Election by court
37 Adjustment on repudiation
38 Civil act not repudiated
39 Enforceability by minor participant

Part 4 Courts

40 Jurisdiction
41 Removal into Supreme Court
42 (Repealed)
43 Reference of questions of benefit etc
44 Costs
45 Allowance of time

Part 5 General

46 Agency
47 Guarantee
48 Liability for tort
49 Medical and dental treatment
50 Property of minor
51 Rules of court

 First Schedule (Repealed)

 Second Schedule Saving of specific enactments

Historical notes