779. The application may not be presented to the court or to the judge unless it has been served on the person refusing the examination or confinement at least one clear day before presentation.
The application is also served on a reasonable person of the family of the person concerned or, where applicable, on the holder of parental authority, tutor, curator, mandatary, on the person having custody of the person concerned or on a person who shows a special interest in the person concerned; otherwise, it is served on the Public Curator.
By way of exception, the judge may exempt the applicant from serving the application on the person concerned if he considers that it would be harmful to the health or safety of the person or of others, or in case of emergency.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 779; 1973, c. 38, s. 88; 1992, c. 57, s. 367.