Section 157: Court may appoint curator

1) If any person has no guardian under Chapter 6 of this Part or no one acts as his or her curator, the concerned ward committee of the Local Level may file a petition, stating the details thereof, in the court for the appointment of a curator.

2) In filing a petition pursuant to sub-section (1), the concerned ward committee of the Local Level shall set out the names, surnames, addresses and professions of the potential persons who could be appointed as the curator and also submit, along with the petition, a deed of consent given by such potential persons to act as the curator.

3) If a petition is filed pursuant to sub-section (1), the court shall make an order to appoint any one appropriate person, out of the persons whose names are submitted pursuant to subsection (2), as the curator.