17. Replacement of section 749 of the principal enactment

Section 749 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :—

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749. Every petition by which an applica-of petitions oo

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relating to tion is made to a District Court for the persons of

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unsound exercise of its powers over or in respect of mind,

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mentally persons of unsound mind, mentally deficient deficient

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persons, persons, minors or trustees, as the case may

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be, shall state expressly that the petitioner does not know of any person interested in the subject of the petition or in the person sought to be affected by the order prayed for in the petition, who is likely to entertain any objection thereto, other than those who are named as respondents in the petition. ”.