Section 50. Upon any petition being presented under this Act to the High Court concerning a person of unsound mi

50. Upon any petition being presented under this Act to the High Court concerning a person of unsound mind, it shall be lawful for the said Court to make an order directing an enquiry whether such person is or is not of unsound mind, and incapable ACT No. XXVII of 1866. capable of managing himself and his affairs. Such order shall have the same effect as the like order made under Section 1 of Act XXXIV of 1858 (to regulate proceedings in Lunacy in the Courts of Judicature established by Royal Charter), and the enquiry directed to be made shall be made in all respects in the manner declared and prescribed for making an enquiry under the last-mentioned Act. The High Court may postpone making any order upon the petition presented as aforesaid, until any enquiry so directed to be made shall have been finally concluded.