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LUNACY REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1871 - SECT 71

Where lunacy temporary, High Court may apply cash arising from income for temporary maintenance, without grant, &c.

71. Where it appears to [the High Court] that there is reason to believe that
the unsoundness of mind of any lunatic so found by inquisition is in its
nature temporary, and will probably be soon removed, and that it is expedient
that temporary provision should be made for the maintenance of the lunatic, or
of the lunatic and the members of his immediate family who are dependent upon
him for maintenance; and that any sum of money arising from or being in the
nature of income or of ready money, belonging to the lunatic, and standing to
his account with a banker or agent, or being in the hands of any person for
his use, is readily available, and may be safely and properly applied in that
behalf, [the High Court] may allow thereout such amount as [it] may think
proper for the temporary maintenance of the lunatic, or of the lunatic and the
members of his immediate family who are dependent upon him for maintenance,
and may, instead of proceeding to appoint a committee of his estate or
receiver, order or give liberty for the payment of any such sum of money as
aforesaid, or any part thereof, to such person as [it] may, under the
circumstances of the case, think proper to intrust with the application
thereof, and may direct the same to be paid to such person accordingly, and
when received, to be applied, and the same shall accordingly be applied in or
towards such temporary maintenance as aforesaid; and the receipts in writing
of the person named in the order to whom payment is to be made for any moneys
payable to him by virtue thereof shall effectually discharge the banker,
agent, or other person paying the same from the moneys therein respectively
expressed to be received, and they respectively are hereby directed to act
upon and obey every such order; and the person so receiving any moneys by
virtue of this present provision shall pass an account thereof before
the master, when required.

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