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LUNACY REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1871 - SECT 69

Power to sell land or other property of lunatic for his benefit.

69. For the purpose of giving effect to any such order as is mentioned in the
last preceding section, [the High Court] may order any land, stock, or other
property of such person as aforesaid to be sold, charged by way of mortgage,
or otherwise disposed of, and a conveyance, transfer, charge, or other
disposition thereof to be executed or made by any person on his behalf, and
may order the proceeds of any such sale, charge, or other disposition, or the
dividends or income of such land, stock, or property, to be paid to any
relative of such insane person, or to such other person as it may be
considered proper to trust with the application thereof, to be by him applied
in the maintenance or for the benefit of the insane person, or of him and his
family, either at the discretion of such relative or person, or in such
manner, and subject to such control, and with or without such security for the
application thereof, as [the High Court] may direct; and for the purpose
above-mentioned [the High Court] shall have all the same powers with respect
to the transfer, sale, and disposition of, and otherwise respecting the real
and personal property of such person as aforesaid as if he had been found
lunatic by inquisition.

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