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Jurisdiction to make orders as to person

Cap. 122, s. 3 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) The court may make orders for the custody of persons of unsound mind so found by inquisition, and every such order shall take effect as to the custody of the person immediately. (2) Where upon an inquisition it is specially found or certified 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, it shall not be necessary, unless in the discretion of the judge it appears proper to do so, to make any order as to the custody or commitment of the
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