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LUNACY REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1871 - SECT 12

Inquiry may be ordered on the report of visitor.

12. [The High Court] may, by an order in the matter of the alleged lunacy,
direct that any report to be made under the provisions in the preceding
section contained shall stand and be proceeded upon as a petition presented in
the matter of the alleged lunacy praying for a commission to inquire as to the
lunacy of the alleged lunatic supported by evidence, and the alleged lunatic
shall have notice of the report from such person as [the High Court] shall
from time to time direct; and [the High Court] may in every such or any
subsequent order direct who shall have the carriage of and proceed upon such
report and order as if [it] had [itself] presented a petition praying for a
commission to inquire as to the lunacy of the alleged lunatic; and if the
order to be made by [the High Court] shall not contain any such direction as
aforesaid, and until an order in that behalf be made by [the High Court,
the Official Solicitor] shall have the carriage of and proceed upon every such
report and order; and the costs and expenses to be incurred by any person in
proceeding upon any such report and order in obedience to any such order as
aforesaid shall be paid and provided for [in such manner as the High Court may
order, or, if it makes no order in the matter, in such manner as may be
provided by rules of court].

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