1989 Ed.]
Mental Health
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disordered person beneficially entitled thereto or a committee of the estate of a mentally disordered person or a trustee for him, and the committee or trustee dies intestate or himself becomes a mentally disordered person or is out of the jurisdiction of the Court, or it is uncertain whether the committee or trustee be living or dead or he neglects or refuses to transfer the stock, securities or shares or to receive and pay the dividends to a new committee or trustee, or as he directs, within 14 days after being required by him to do so, the Court may order some fit person to make such transfer or to transfer the same and to receive and pay over the dividends in such manner as the Court may direct, and such transfer or payment shall be valid and effectual for all purposes.
(Amended 46 of 1988 s. 32)
23. Transfer of property of mentally disordered person residing out of Hong Kong
Where any property situate in Hong Kong is standing in the name of or vested in any person residing out of Hong Kong, the Court, upon being satisfied that such person has been declared of unsound mind and that his personal estate has been vested in a committee, curator or manager according to the laws of the place where he is residing, may order some fit person to make such transfer of the property, or of any part thereof, to such committee, curator or manager or otherwise, and also to receive and pay over any proceeds or profits thereof as the Court may think fit; and any act done in pursuance of such order shall be valid and effectual for all purposes.
(Amended 46 of 1988 s. 32)
24. Power to order maintenance without appointing committee
If it appears to the Court, having regard to the situation and condition in life of the mentally disordered person and his family and the other circumstances of the case, to be expedient that his property should be made available for his or their maintenance in a direct and inexpensive manner, the Court may, instead of appointing a committee of the estate, order that the property, if money, or, if of any other description, the produce thereof when realized, be paid to such person as the Court may think fit to be applied for the purpose aforesaid, and all payments so made shall be a good discharge to the person making the same.
25. Temporary provision for maintenance of mentally disordered person
If it appears to the Court that the unsoundness of mind of a mentally disordered person is in its nature temporary, and that it is expedient to make