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ACT IX OF 2019 ACT IX OF 2019 BALOCHISTAN MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 2019 An Act to consolidate, alter and amend the law relating to the mentally disordered persons in Balochistan, with respect to their care, treatment and management of their property and other related matters [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 25th October, 2019] No. PAB/Legis; V (04)/2019, dated 25.10.2019.---The Balochistan Mental Bill No. 04 of 2019 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 12th October, 2019 and assented to by the Governor Balochistan, on 24th October, 2019 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to consolidate, alter and amend the law relating to the treatment and care of mentally disordered persons in Balochistan, to make better provisions for their care, treatment, management of properties and affairs and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto and to encourage community care of such mentally disordered persons and further to provide for the promotion of mental health and prevention of mental disorder; AND WHEREAS in pursuance of the eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, the subject matter has been devolved to the provinces, therefore; It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER - V JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF PERSON AND MANAGER OF THE PROPERTY OF THE MENTALLY DISORDERED 37. Furnishing of inventory of immovable property, etc.---(1) Every manager appointed under this Act shall, within a period of three months from the date of his appointment, deliver to the Court an inventory of the immovable property belonging to the mentally disordered person and of all assets and other movable property received on behalf of the mentally disordered person, together with a statement of all claims due on and all debts and liabilities due by such a person. (2) All transactions under this Act shall be made through a bank authorized by the Court. (3) Every such manager shall also furnish to the Court within a period of three months of the closure of every financial year, an account of the property and assets in his charge, the sums received and disbursed on account of the mentally disordered person and the balance remaining with him. (4) If any relative of a mentally disordered person impugns, by a petition to the Court, the accuracy of the inventory or statement referred to in subsection (1) or as the case may be, any annual account referred to in subsection (3), the Court may summon the manager and summarily inquire into the matter and make such order thereon as it thinks fit. (5) Any relative of a mentally disordered person may, with the leave of the Court, sue for an account from any manager appointed under this Act or from any such person after his removal from office or trust, or from his legal representatives in the case of his death, in respect of any property then or formerly under his management or of any sums of money or other property received by him on account of such property.