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In force2023 Revised Edition
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Part · Proceedings in Inquiries Into Mental Disorder

42. Notice of inquiry

(1)

The Court shall give reasonable notice to the applicant and the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person of the time and place for the inquiry.

(2)

Where it appears to the Court that the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person is in such a state that personal service on him of the notice would be ineffective, the Court may, for the purpose of bringing the person to the inquiry, direct that the service of the notice be made on —

(a)

the person having charge of him; or

(b)

any adult person or the owner or occupier of the premises wherein the mentally disordered person lives.

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