Mental Health Act · s 49

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s 49Power of Registrar to receive proposal

(1)

The Registrar may, without an order of reference, receive any proposal and conduct an inquiry in respect of the management of the estate of a mentally disordered person if the proposal relates to any matter which the appointed person of the estate has not been empowered under section 48

to dispose of.

(2)

The Registrar may, without an order of reference, receive and inquire into any proposal relating to the sale or charge of the estate or any part of the estate of a mentally disordered person or to the letting of any immovable property for a term exceeding 3 years.

(3)

The Registrar shall report to the Court on the proposal and the

Court shall, subject to this Act, make an order on the report and award such costs as under the circumstances seem just.