Section 5

If on the report of a police officer or the sworn information of any other person it appears to a magistrate that any person within the limits of his jurisdiction is a luna-tic and is not under proper care and control or is cruelly treated or neglected by any relative or other person having the charge of him, the magistrate may cause the alleged lunatic to be produced before him, and may summon to appear before him such relative or other person or any per-son who is legally bound to maintain the alleged lunatic.

If such relative or any such other person is legally bound to maintain the alleged lunatic, and, if such relatives, or any such other person wilfully neglects to comply with the said order, the magistrate may sentence him to imprison-ment for one month.

If there is no person legally bound to maintain the alleged lunatic or if the magistrate thinks fit so to do, he may order the alleged lunatic to be brought before him and may deal with him under section 4.