Proceedings instituted by Commissioners of the District of Columbia

§ 21–581. Proceedings instituted by Commissioners of the District of Columbia (a) Proceedings instituted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to determine the mental condition of an alleged indigent mentally ill person or a person alleged to be mentally ill, with homicidal or otherwise dangerous tendencies, shall be according to the provisions of subchapter IV of this chapter. (b) The jury in proceedings instituted upon the petition of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall be impaneled by the United States marshal for the District, upon order of the court, from the jurors in attendance upon the District Court, who shall perform the services in addition to and as part of their duties in the District Court. When jurors are not in attendance upon the District Court the court may direct the marshal to impanel the jurors in attendance upon the Court of General Sessions, who shall perform the duties in addition to and as part of their duties in the Court of General Sessions, or the court may direct a special jury to be summoned for the inquisition.