Section 12

Where any claimant or any person who is considered by the

District Officer to be a necessary party to any proceeding under this Act is or appears to the District Officer to be a minor or person of unsound mind the District Officer may by an order in writing, appoint some suitable and proper person to be the guardian of such minor or person of unsound mind for the purposes of all proceedings under this Act and all such proceedings shall be as effective and binding upon all persons concerned as if such person had not been a minor or person of unsound mind.

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