Application to Civil Court for order for the payment of cost of maintenance out of the lunatics estate, or by person bound to maintain him

Application to Civil Court for order for the payment of cost of maintenance out of the lunatic's estate, or by person bound to maintain him.--If a lunatic detained in an asylum on a reception order made under section 14 or section 15 has an estate applicable to his maintenance or if any person legally bound to maintain such lunatic has the means to maintain him, the authority which made the reception order or any local authority liable for the cost of maintenance of such lunatic under any law for the time being in force may apply to the High Court or District Court within the local limits of the original jurisdiction of which the estate of the lunatic is situate or the person legally bound to maintain him resides, for an order for the payment of the cost of maintenance of the lunatic.