REPAYMENT OF CERTIFICATES

Repayment in case of mentally disordered persons

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(1) An application for repayment in respect of a certificate held by a mentally disordered person shall be made by his receiver.

(2) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director of Savings that any person holding a certificate is a mentally disordered person for whose estate no receiver has been appointed, the Director of Savings may, where it is shown to his satisfaction that it is expedient that the whole or any part of the amount repayable in respect of the certificate should be applied for the maintenance or otherwise for the benefit of that person, if he thinks fit pay that amount or that part thereof to any person who satisfies him that he will apply it for such purposes as aforesaid.