CAP. 61
Bankruptcy.
[r. 143 cont.] may be made by the court either on an application made as hereinafter mentioned or, if the court thinks fit so to do, with any previous application.
(Cap. 6).
Verification of petition.
R299.
Forms 184, 135. Deposit.
(2) An application to the court to make an appointment under this rule may be made by any person who has been duly appointed by the court to manage the affairs or property of or to represent the lunatic, or by any relative or friend of the lunatic who may appear to the court to be a proper person to make the application, or by the Official Receiver.
(3) The application may be made ex parte and without notice, but in any case in which the court thinks it desirable the court may require such notice of the application as it thinks necessary to be given to the Official Receiver or trustee (if any) or to the petitioning creditor or to the person alleged to be a lunatic, or to any other person, and for that purpose may adjourn the hearing of the application.
(4) Where the application is made by some person other than the Official Receiver it shall be supported by an affidavit of a duly registered medical practitioner as to the physical and mental condition of the lunatic. Where the application is made by the Official Receiver it may be supported by a report of the Official Receiver, the contents of which shall be received as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
(5) When a person has been appointed under this rule any notice under the Ordinance and rules served on or given to such person shall have the same effect as if the notice had been served on or given to the lunatic.
Administration of estates of deceased insolvents.
144. A creditor's petition, and a petition by the legal personal representative of the deceased, under section 112 of the Ordinance shall be verified by affidavit.
145. The provisions of rule 51 as to deposits on presentation of a petition shall apply to petitions presented by a creditor or by a legal personal representative under section 112 of the Ordinance.
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