Section 5 — Land-holders to be deemed disqualified in certain cases

(1) The following persons shall, for the purposes of section 4, be deemed to be disqualified to manage their own property, namely:--

(a) minors;

(b) persons adjudged by a competent Civil Court to be of unsound mind and incapable of managing their affairs; and

(c) persons declared by the Local Government to be incapable of managing their property owing to--

(i) any physical or mental defect or infirmity;

(ii) their having been convicted of a non-bailable offence and being unfitted by vice or bad character; or

(iii) their being females.

(2) No suit shall be brought in any Civil Court in respect of any declaration made by the Local Government under sub-section (1), clause (c).