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Section 60

Power of Registrar to receive proposal

of Mental Health Act 2001

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Section 60

(1)

The Registrar of the High Court 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 committee of the estate has not been empowered under section 59 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 three years.

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(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.