persons entitled to act

"persons entitled to act" shall be deemed to include the following persons as and to the extent hereinafter provided- (a) trustees for other persons beneficially interested shall be deemed the persons entitled to act with reference to any such case, and that to the same extent as the persons beneficially interested could have acted if free from disability; (b) subject to the Married Women Act 1957, a married woman shall be deemed the person so entitled to act and, whether of full age or not, to the same extent as if she were unmarried and of full age; and (c) the guardians of minors and the committees of mentally disordered persons shall be deemed respectively the persons so entitled to act to the same extent as the minors or mentally disordered persons themselves could have acted if free from disability: Provided that: (i) no person shall be deemed entitled to act whose interest in the subject-matter shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Land Administrator or Court to be adverse to the interest of the person interested for whom he would otherwise be entitled to act; (ii) in every such case the person interested may appear by a next friend or, in default of his appearance by a next friend, the Land Administrator or Court, as the case may be, shall appoint a guardian for the case to act on his behalf in the conduct thereof; (iii) the provisions of the law for the time being relating to civil procedure relating thereto shall mutatis mutandis apply in the case of persons interested appearing before a Land Administrator or Court by a next friend, or by a guardian for the case, in proceedings under this Act; and (iv) no person entitled or deemed to be entitled to act shall be competent to receive the compensation money payable to the person for whom he is entitled to act, unless he would have been competent to transfer the land and receive and give a good discharge for the purchase money on a voluntary sale;
ACT 486 - LAND ACQUISITION ACT 1960 (Revised 1992)
2. Interpretation.