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1. Petitions for the examination of persons mentally defective and for the institution of a guardianship shall he presented to the Medical Department, or an office charged with the duties of the same, attached to the local Soviet of the place of residence of the persons to be examined.

2. The said petitions may be presented either by the relatives, guardians, or trustees of the person mentally defective or by the institution employing the said person, or by the party, union, or other organization of which the said person is a member, or by his neighbors.

3. The Medical Department upon the receipt of the petition requesting such an examination shall appoint a medical commission for the purposes thereof.

4. The said medical commission shall be presided over by the chief of the Medical Department or his assistant and shall consist of not less than three specialist physicians on the staff of the.