MENTAL HEALTH (AMENDMENT)
Ord. No. 46/88
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27. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 68 the Addition of
llowing
"Duty to give information to detained patients.
68A. (1) The medical superintendent of every mental hospital, and the Superintendent of the Correctional Services Psychiatric Centre, shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to ensure that every patient in the hospital or the Centre, as the case may be, and a relative of every patient, understand-
(a) under which of the provisions of this Ordinance the patient is for the time being detained and the effect of that provision;
(b) what rights of applying to the tribunal are available to the patient in respect of his detention under that provision; and
(c) what rights are available to the patient to apply for
his discharge,
and those steps shall be taken as soon as practicable after the commencement of the patient's detention under the provision in question.".
new section 68A.
28. Section 70(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "$1,000" and substituting the following-
"$20,000".
section 70.
29. Section 71 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "a magistrate and a justice of the peace" and substituting the following-
"a District Judge and a magistrate".
section 71.
30. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 71 the Addition of following-
"Warrant to search for and remove patients.
71A. (1) If it appears to a magistrate on information on oath laid by any person who is authorized under this Ordinance to take a patient to any place, or to take into custody or retake a patient who is liable under this Ordinance to be so taken or retaken—
(a) that there is reasonable cause to believe that the
patient is to be found on any premises; and
(b) that admission to the premises has been refused or
that a refusal of such admission is apprehended, the magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing any police officer or other person named in the warrant to enter the premises and remove the patient.
(2) If it appears to a magistrate, on information on oath laid by an approved social worker, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that a person believed to be suffering from mental disorder--
(a) has been, or is being, ill-treated, neglected or kept
otherwise than under proper control; or
new sections 71A and 71B.