(2)Where the Collector is not the Court of Wards subject to any general or special orders of the [State Government] [These words were substituted for the words 'Commissioner', by Gujarat 15 of 1964, Section 4, Schedule], the Court of Wards may exercise all or any of the powers conferred on it by this Act through the Collector of any district in which any part of the property of a Government ward is situated, or through any other officer not below the rank of an Assistant or Deputy Collector whom it may appoint in this behalf, and subject to the like orders, any such Collector or Assistant or Deputy Collector may exercise all or any of the powers delegated to him under this Act through any Revenue Officer subordinate to him not below the rank of a Mahalkari.
