Acts and Regulations

I-8 - Infirm Persons Act

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Maintenance of temporarily mentally incompetent person
22(1)Where it appears to the court that there is reason to believe that the mental incompetency of any mentally incompetent person so found is in its nature temporary, and will probably soon be removed, and that it is expedient that temporary provision be made for the maintenance of the mentally incompetent person, or of the mentally incompetent person and the members of his family and others 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 mentally incompetent person, 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 court may allow thereout such amount as may be deemed proper for the temporary maintenance of the mentally incompetent person or of the mentally incompetent person and the members of his family and others who are dependent upon him for maintenance, and may, instead of proceeding to order a grant of the custody of the estate, order or give liberty for the payment of any such sum of money, or any part thereof, to such person as under the circumstances of the case it may be thought proper to entrust 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.
22(2)The receipt in writing of the person to whom payment is to be made for any money payable to him by virtue of an order under this section shall be a good discharge, and every person shall act upon and obey every such order.
22(3)The person receiving any money by virtue of an order under this section shall pass an account thereof when and as the court may direct.
R.S., c.144, s.21
Maintenance of temporarily mentally incompetent person
22(1)Where it appears to the court that there is reason to believe that the mental incompetency of any mentally incompetent person so found is in its nature temporary, and will probably soon be removed, and that it is expedient that temporary provision be made for the maintenance of the mentally incompetent person, or of the mentally incompetent person and the members of his family and others 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 mentally incompetent person, 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 court may allow thereout such amount as may be deemed proper for the temporary maintenance of the mentally incompetent person or of the mentally incompetent person and the members of his family and others who are dependent upon him for maintenance, and may, instead of proceeding to order a grant of the custody of the estate, order or give liberty for the payment of any such sum of money, or any part thereof, to such person as under the circumstances of the case it may be thought proper to entrust 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.
22(2)The receipt in writing of the person to whom payment is to be made for any money payable to him by virtue of an order under this section shall be a good discharge, and every person shall act upon and obey every such order.
22(3)The person receiving any money by virtue of an order under this section shall pass an account thereof when and as the court may direct.
R.S., c.144, s.21