Contribution by Relatives

28.-(1) Every application under section 27 (1) of the Law for an order of contribution by relatives shall be accompanied by a copy of the order of adjudication or confinement and by a copy of any order made under section 26 (1) or of any previous order made under section 27 of the Law. (Forms 24 and 25.)

(2) A copy of the application with notice of the day fixed for the hearing shall be served on the persons against whom the order of contribution is sought.

(3) At the hearing the applicant shall, if necessary, prove service and furnish evidence showing that the patient for whose maintanance the order is sought has no property or that his property is not sufficient for his full maintenance or that his property is insufficient to justify an order under section 26. (1) [*437] of the Law, and that the persons against whom the order is sought possess the means and are able to make contribution.

(4) An order of contribution may be enforced as if the applicant were a judgment creditor and the persons ordered to contribute were judgment debtors.

29.-(1) Every application under section 27 (2) of the Law shall be accompanied by a copy of the order sought to be varied and set forth the facts relied upon. (Form 26.)

Where the application is made by a person who was ordered to contribute the facts relied upon shall be verified by affidavit.

(2) Such an application may be made by the director of health or by any person authorized by him in writing in that behalf.

(3) (a) If the application is made by or on behalf of the director of health, a copy thereof tegether with notice of the day fixed for the hearing shall be served on any person affected thereby;

(b) if the application is made by a person who was ordered to contribute, a copy thereof and. of the affidavit in support, together with notice of the day fixed for the hearing, shall be served on the district medical officer of the district in which the application is to be heard.