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Minors (Property and Contracts) Act 1970
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#### 26 Capacity by order of Supreme Court
26 Capacity by order of Supreme Court
> > (1) The Supreme Court, on application by a minor, may, by order:
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> > > (a) grant to the minor capacity to participate in any civil act or in any description of civil acts or in all civil acts, and
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> > > (b) rescind or vary an order under paragraph (a).
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> > (2) The Court may make an order under subsection (1) on such terms and conditions as the Court thinks fit.
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> > (3) The Court shall not make an order under this section unless it appears to the Court that the order is for the benefit of the minor.
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> > (4) A civil act in which a minor participates is, if authorised by a grant of capacity under this section, presumptively binding on the minor.
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> > (5) An order of rescission or variation under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) does not affect the validity of a civil act in which the minor has participated before the making of the order of rescission or variation.