High Court Ordinance

(1)
Subject to the provisions of this section, no infant shall be made a ward of
                court except by virtue of an order to that effect made by the Court of First
                Instance.
(2)
Where application is made for such an order in respect of an infant, the infant
                shall become a ward of court on the making of the application, but shall cease to be
                a ward of court at the expiration of such period as may be prescribed by rules of
                court unless within that period an order has been made in accordance with the
                application.
(3)
The Court of First Instance may, either upon an application in that behalf or
                without such an application, order that any infant who is for the time being a ward
                of court shall cease to be a ward of court.