[See, section 2 (f), the Children Act, 1974 (Act No. XXXIX of 1974)].

"Child" means a person who, if a male, is under twenty-one years of age and if a female, is under eighteen years of age.

[See, section 2 (a), the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 (Act No. XIX of 1929)].

“Child" means a person who is under the age of fifteen years.

[See, section 2, the Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933 (Act No. II of 1933)].

"Child" means a person who has not completed sixteen years of age.

[See, section 2 (c), the Factories Act, 1965 (East Pakistan Act No. IV of 1965)].

"Child" means a person who has not completed twelve years of age.

[See, section 2 (b), the Shops and Establishment Act, 1965 (East Pakistan Act No. VII of 1965)].

"Child" means a person under the age of fourteen years.

[See, section 2 (3), the Vagrancy Act, 1943 (Bengal Act No. VII of 1943)].

"Child" in relation to any individual, includes a step­child and an adopted child of that individual.

[See, section 2 (3), the Income–Tax Ordinance, 1984 (Ordinance No. XXXVI of 1984)].

The word "child" shall include son and daughter and grand­son and grand-daughter and step-son and step-daughter.

[See, section 4, the Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 (Act No. XIII of 1855)].

In the absence of any intimation to the contrary in a will, the word "child", the word "son", the word "daughter", or any word which expresses relationship, is to be understood as denoting only a legitimate relative, or, where there is no such legitimate relative, a person who has acquired, at the date of the will, the reputation of being such relative?

Illustrations

(i) A having three children, B, C and D, of whom B and C are legitimate and D is illegitimate, leaves his property to be equally divided among "my children". The property belongs to B and C in equal shares, to the exclusion of D.

(ii) A, having a niece of illegitimate birth, who has acquired the reputation of being his niece, and having no legitimate niece, bequeaths a sum of money to his niece. The illegitimate niece is entitled to the legacy.

(iii) A, having in his will enumerate his children, and named as one of them B, who is illegitimate, leaves a legacy to "my said children". B will take a share in the legacy along with the legitimate children.

(iv) A leaves a legacy to "the children of B". B is dead and has left none but illegitimate children. All those who had at the date of the will acquired the reputation of being the children of B are objects of the gift.

(v) A bequeaths a legacy to "the children of B". B never had any legitimate child. C and D had, at the date of the will, acquired the reputation of being children of B. After the date of the will and before the death of the testator, E and F were born, and acquired the reputation of being children of B. Only C and D are objects of the bequest.

(vi) A makes a bequest in favour of his child by a certain woman, not his wife. B had acquired at the date of the will the reputation of being the child of A by the woman designated. B takes the legacy.

(vii) A makes a bequest in favour of his child to be born of a woman who never becomes his wife. The bequest is void.

(viii) A makes a bequest in favour of the child of which a certain woman, not married to him, is pregnant. The bequest is valid.

[See, section 100, the Succession Act, 1925 (Act No. XXXIX of 1925)].