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Section 67: Custody of lunatics and management of their estates

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

(1) The Court may make orders for the custody of lunatics so found by inquisition and the management of their estates.

(2) When upon the inquisition it is specially found that the person to whom the inquisition relates is of unsound mind so as to be incapable of managing his affairs, but that he is capable of managing himself and is not dangerous to himself or to others, the Court may make such orders as it thinks fit for the management of the estate of the lunatic including proper provisions for the maintenance of the lunatic and of such members of his family as are dependent on him for maintenance, but it shall not be necessary to make any order as to the custody of the person of the lunatic.

68. Court of Wards to be authorized in certain cases to take charge of estate of lunatic—If the estate of a lunatic so found or any part thereof consists of property which, by the law for time being in force, subjects the proprietor if disqualified, to the jurisdiction of the Court of Wards, the Court of Wards shall be authorized to take charge of the same.

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ActIndian Lunacy Act 1912
Section67
Marginal noteCustody of lunatics and management of their estates
JurisdictionUnion territory of Chandigarh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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