(f) the attendance and examination of the alleged mentally disordered person under the
provisions of clause (d) and clause (e) shall, if the alleged mentally disordered person be a
woman who, according to customs of the country, ought not to be compelled to appear in
public, be regulated by the law and practice for the examination of such persons in other
civil cases.
(2) The Court, if it thinks fit, may appoint two or more persons to act as assessors to the Court in
the said proceedings.
(3) Upon the completion of the inquiry, the Court shall determine whether the alleged mentally
disordered person is suffering from mental disorder and is incapable of managing himself and his
affairs, or may come to a special finding that such person lacks the capacity to manage his affairs, but
is capable of managing himself and is not dangerous to himself or to others, or may make any such
order it deems fit, in the circumstances of the case, in the best interests of such person.
31. Inquiry by subordinate Court on commission issued by the Court of Protection and
proceedings thereon.__(1) If the alleged mentally disordered person resides at a distance of more
than fifty miles from the place where the Court is held to which the application is made, the said
Court may issue a Commission to any subordinate Court to make the inquiry, and such subordinate
court shall thereupon conduct the inquiry in the manner hereinbefore provided.
(2) On the completion of inquiry the subordinate court shall transmit the record of its proceedings
with the opinion of the assessor, if any have been appointed, and its own opinion on the case; and the
Court shall thereupon proceed to dispose the application in the manner provided in subsection (3) of
section 30:
Provided that the Court may direct the subordinate court to make such further or other inquiry as
it thinks fit before disposing of the application.
32. Appointment of guardian. Where a mentally disordered person is incapable of taking care
of himself, the Court may appoint any suitable person to be his guardian, or order him to be looked
after in a psychiatric facility and order for his maintenance.
33. Management of property of mentally disordered person.__ (1) Where the property of the
mentally disordered person who is incapable of managing it, the Court shall appoint any suitable
person to be the manager of such property.
(2) No person, who is a legal heir of a mentally disordered person, shall be appointed under
section 32 to be��the guardian of such a person or the manager of his property, as the case may be,
unless the Court for reasons to be recorded in writing considers that such appointment is for the
benefit of the mentally disordered person.
(3) The guardian of a mentally disordered person and the manager of his property appointed
under this Ordinance shall be paid, from out of the property of the mentally disordered person, such
allowance as the Court may determine.
34. Responsibility of manager. A person appointed as a manager of the property of a, under this
Ordinance, shall be responsible for the care, cost of treatment and maintenance
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