Section 39: Application by whom to be made

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

Application for such inquisition may be made by any relative of the alleged lunatic, or by the Advocate-General.

Comment Proof of insanity.—The question of insanity requires a most careful examination and it is difficult to think that bare assertion by witnesses unsupported by any details of the 17 cause, the course and the treatment of the malady ought to be accepted as satisfactory proof.

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Act	Indian Lunacy Act 1912
Section	39
Marginal note	Application by whom to be made
Jurisdiction	Union territory of Chandigarh
Status	In force as published by the source

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