(1) In this Act unless the context otherwise requires-
"approved country" means any country declared by or under the authority of the President to be an approved country by a legislative instrument;
"child" means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the Interior;
"prescribe" means prescribed by legislative instrument under this Act.
(2) A reference in this Act to Ghana in relation to a birth or residence before 6th March 1957 shall be read as a reference to the territories comprised in Ghana on that date.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a person born aboard a registered ship or aircraft or aboard an unregistered ship or aircraft of the government of any country, shall be deemed to have been born in the place in which the ship or aircraft was registered or in that country.
(4) For the purposes of this Act, a person is of age if he has attained the age of eighteen years and is of capacity if he is of sound mind.