Section 38: Court may order inquisition as to persons alleged to be insane

Indian Lunacy Act 1912Union territory Act of Chandigarh · Act 4 of 1912

(i) The Court may, upon application, by order direct an inquisition whether a person subject to the jurisdiction of the Court who is alleged to be a lunatic, is of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs.

(2) Such order may also contain directions for inquiries concerning the nature of the property belonging to the alleged lunatic, the persons who are his relatives, the time during which he has been of unsound mind, or such other matters as to the Court may seem proper.

Where this provision sits

Act	Indian Lunacy Act 1912
Section	38
Marginal note	Court may order inquisition as to persons alleged to be insane
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Chandigarh
Status	In force as published by the source

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