2. The information prescribed by section 3 of the Law shall be in writing and be sworn by the informant before the Court. (Form 1.)
The Court may examine the informant on oath as to the grounds of his suspicion and belief and also ask him for the names of any medical practitioners who have attended or treated the person suspected of being mentally afflicted.
3.-(1) Upon receipt of any such information as aforesaid the Court may, if it so thinks fit, direct the issue of a summons calling on the suspected person to appear before the Court on a specified day for the purpose of an inquiry as to his state of mind. (Form 2.)
(2) The summons shall also direct the suspected person to submit to an examination by the medical practitioner named therein upon production of his notice of appointment.
(3) Subject to the provisions of rule 17, the summons shall be served on the suspected person as early as possible.
4.-(1) The Court shall appoint any medical practitioner whom it shall think fit to examine the suspected person.
(2) The Court may, if it so thinks fit, at anytime cancel an appointment which it has made and make another in its place. But where another appointment is made the summons to the suspected person shall, if necessary, be amended accordingly; or, where service thereof has already been effected, notice of the new appointment shall, subject to the provision of rule 17, be [*431] served on the suspected person. Likewise, notice that his appointment has been cancelled shall be served on the medical practitioner concerned if, in accordance with the provisions of rule 5 (1) he has already been served with notice of his appointment. (Form 5.)
5.-(1) The medical practitioner appointed to examine the suspected person shall be served with a notice of appointment together with a form of certificate. (Forms 3 and 4.)
(2) Such notice shall direct the medical practitioner appointed to fill in the form of certificate with the required particulars if he is of opinion that the suspected person is mentally afflicted and a proper subject of confinement as a mental patient; or, if he is not of such opinion, to endorse the form with a note to that effect without filling in any particulars.
(3) Save where the Court otherwise directs, the form of certificate, whether filled in or endorsed as in sub-rule (2) of this rule directed, shall be filed in court at least three days before the day fixed for the inquiry.
(4) The medical practitioner examining the suspected person shall, unless the Court otherwise directs, attend the Court on the day fixed for the enquiry as to the suspected persons state of mind and answer such questions as the Court may see fit to allow.
6. The Court may at any time by order permit, on such terms as may be just, any one who is interested in the suspected person to do on his behalf all things which may be necessary for the conduct of his case. The Court may at any time vary or revoke such order.
7.-(1) The procedure to be followed at the inquiry shall, as nearly as possible, be the same as the procedure followed in criminal proceedings upon summary trial.
(2) Where the Court is satisfied by medical evidence that it is in the interest of the suspected person that he should not be present at the inquiry, the inquiry may be held in his absence. In all other cases of absence of the suspected person a warrant may be issued to compel his attendance.
8. The Court adjudging a person to be a mental patient and a proper subject of confinement, or making an order for his Confinement, shall inform him that he may appeal to the Supreme Court and if he thereupon declares his desire to appeal, the Court shall explain to him the steps which he should take for the prosecution of the appeal. (Forms 6 and 7.)