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Order for payment of cost of maintenance of lunatic.—(1) When any lunatic has been admitted into any asylum in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 25, the High Court or the District Court, as the case may be, shall, on the application of the person in charge of the asylum, make an order for the payment of the cost of maintenance of the 3 Subs, by A. O., 1937, for "any asylum established by Government." 4 Subs, by A. L. O., 1950. 11 lunatic of the lunatic in the asylum, and may from time to time direct that any sum of money payable under such order shall be recovered from the estate of the lunatic or of any person legally bound to maintain him : Provied that if at any time it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Court that the lunatic has not sufficient property, and that no person legally bound to maintain such lunatic has sufficient means for the payment of such cost, the Court shall certify the same instead to making such order for the payment of the cost as aforesaid. (2) An order under sub-section (1) shall be enforced in the same manner and shall be of the same force and effect and subject to the same appeal as a decree made by the Court in a suit in respect of the property or person therein mentioned. Amendment of order or certificate 27 Amendment of order or certificate.—If after the reception of any lunatic into any asylum on a reception order, it appears that the order upon which he was received or the medical certificate or certificates upon which such order was made in or defective or incorrect, the same may at any time afterwards be amended by the person or persons signing the same with the sanction of two or more of the visitors of the said asylum, one of whom shall be a medical officer. CHAPTER III Care and Treatment Visitors