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disordered, the persons who are his relative or next-of-kin, the time during which he has been of unsound mind or such other questions as to the Court shall seem proper.
(3) Application for such inquiry may be made by any person related by blood or marriage to the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person, or by any public officer nominated by the Chief Secretary.
8. Provision as to notice of inquiry
(1) Reasonable notice of the time and place appointed for the inquiry shall be given to the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person:
Provided that if it shall appear that the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person is in such a state that personal service on him would be ineffectual, the Court may direct such substituted service of the notice as it shall think proper.
(2) The Court may also, if it thinks fit, direct a copy of such notice to be served upon any person related by blood or marriage to the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person.
9. Power to examine person alleged to be mentally disordered
At any time after the application for the inquiry the Court may require the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person to attend at such convenient time and place within Hong Kong as the Court may appoint, for the purpose of being personally examined by the Court or by any person from whom the Court may desire to have a report of his mental capacity and condition, and the Court may also make an order authorizing any person or persons named therein to have access to the person alleged to be a mentally disordered person for the purpose of a personal examination.
(Amended 46 of 1988 s. 32)
10. Questions to be decided by Court
(1) At the inquiry, after receiving such reports and hearing such evidence and arguments as it may think fit, the Court shall decide whether the person who is alleged to be a mentally disordered person is or is not of unsound mind and incapable of managing himself and his affairs and shall also decide any other questions as to which an inquiry has been directed.
(2) The Court may make such order as may appear just respecting the costs of the inquiry and may include therein such remuneration to physicians and surgeons as the Court shall deem reasonable:
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