22.-(1) Every application under section 25 (2) of the Law for the appointment of an administrator of the property of a mental patient or a criminal mental patient shall be accompanied by a copy of the order of adjudication or confinement and supported by affidavit. (Forms 16 and 17.)
(2) The affidavit shall state that the adjudication has not been rescinded or that the patient has not been discharged as having regained his sanity, and shall set forth the following particulars:
(a) the relation, if any, of the applicant to the patient, and the interest which the applicant has in the proper administration of the patient’s property;
(b) the description and approximate value of the property;
(c) the names and addresses of the persons in possession of, or making use of, the property and their relation to the patient;
(d) the name and address of the patient’s wife or husband, as the case may be, and the names, ages, and addresses of the patient’s lawful children; or, if there is no wife or husband or child, then the names and addresses of the patient’s parents and brothers and sisters; or, if there are no parents or brothers or sisters, then the names and addresses of the patient’s nearest relatives; [*435]
(e) the name of the person suggested for appointment as administrator and his relation to the patient, and whether such person is willing to be appointed and competent to discharge the duties of administrator.
23. A copy of the application and affidavit together with notice of the day fixed for the hearing shall be served on the following;-
(a) (i) if the patient is under confinement, on the superintendent of the hospital or the licensee of the premises in which he is confined; or
(ii) if the patient has been allowed to be absent on parole, on the person in whose charge he is; or
(iii) if the patient has been discharged, on the patient himself: and
(b) on the proposed administrator where this person is not the applicant: and
(c) on such other person as the District Court may direct whose presence at the hearing of the application is in its opinion desirable.
24.-(1) The security to be given by the administrator may be in the form of a bond with one or more sureties approved by the District Court. (Form 18.)
(2) Where the security is not in the form of a bond, a memorandum shall be drawn up setting forth the conditions on which the security is given.
(3) The obligation in the bond or memorandum shall be to the Registrar of the District Court, and the bond or memorandum shall be signed by the person or persons undertaking the obligation.
(4) The security shall be enforceable at the District Court’s direction. Such Court may also, upon cause shown, at any time direct that the security be increased or lessened.
25.-(1) The appointment shall direct the administrator to make and file within a specified time an inventory, verified by him upon oath, of the property placed under his administration and of its approximate value and income. (Form 19.)
(2) The appointment shall state whether the administration is undertaken free of charge or upon a remuneration specified therein or to be fixed later.
(3) The appointment may be for a specified period or purpose, and in such a case the period or purpose shall be set forth in the appointment.
(4) The appointment shall not be completed or issued out until the security ordered has been furnished.