Guardians and Wards Act,1890
41. Cessation of authority of guardian
(1) The powers of a guardian of the person cease-
(a) by his death, removal or discharge;
(b) by the Court of Wards assuming
superintendence of the person of the ward;
(c) by the ward ceasing to be a minor;
(d) in the case of a female ward, by her
marriage to a husband who is not unfit to be guardian of her person or, if the
guardian was appointed or declared by the court, by her marriage to a husband
who is not, in the opinion of the court, so unfit; or
(e) in the case of a ward whose father was
unfit to be guardian of the person of the ward, by the father ceasing to be so
or, if the father was deemed by the court to be so unfit, by his ceasing to be
so in the opinion of the court.
(2) The powers of a guardian of the property cease-
(a) by his death, removal or discharge;
(b) by the Court of Wards assuming superintendence
of the property of the ward; or
(c) by the ward ceasing to be a minor.
(3) When for any cause the powers of a guardian cease , the
court may require him or, if he is dead, his representative to deliver as it
directs any property in his possession or control belonging to the ward or any
accounts in his possession or control relating to any past or present property
of the ward.
(4) When he has delivered the property or accounts as required
by the court , the court may declare him to be discharged from his liabilities
save as regards any fraud which may subsequently be discovered.