388 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 16, 1927.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 6 of 1906, 9. 11, and substitution
of new section.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 6 of 1906, 8. 15, and substitution
of new section.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 6 of 1906, Schedule.
Commence-
ment
7. Section 11 of the Asylums Ordinance, 1906, is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :-
Removal of patient in hospital to asylum.
11.-(1) If in the opinion of the senior medi- cal officer for the time being present in, and on the staff of, any hospital, any patient in such hospital shows symptoms of suffering from delirium tremens, it shall be lawful for such medical officer, if he considers it desirable, to order such patient to be removed to an asylum, for the purpose of detention and observation during a period of seven days from and includ- ing the date of the order.
(2) This section shall only apply where the medical officer in question is or is deemed to be a registered medical practitioner.
(3) Any order for the removal of such a patient shall be in the prescribed form.
8. Section 15 of the Asylums Ordinance, 1906, is re- pealed and the following section is substituted therefor :-
Prisoners of unsound mind.
15.-(1) If any person is ordered by the Supreme Court to be detained as an insane person until His Majesty's pleasure shall be known, the Governor may by warrant under his hand direct such person to be removed to an asylum and to be detained there until His Majesty's pleasure shall be known.
(2) If any person who has been imprisoned under any sentence of imprisonment is certified by the medical officer of the prison in which such person is confined to be of unsound mind, the Governor may by warrant under his hand order such person to be removed to an asylum and to be detained there until the expiration of his sentence or until further order.
(3) If any person who has been removed to an asylum under the provisions of sub-section (2) shall, in the opinion of the medical practi- tioner in charge of the asylum, become of sound mind before the expiration of his sentence, the Governor may by warrant under his hand direct such person to be removed to a prison and to be detained there until the expiration of his sentence. The period of detention in the asylum shall be reckoned as part of the
sentence.
(4) If any person who has been removed to an asylum under the provisions of sub-sec- tion (2) is certified by two medical practi- tioners to be still of unsound mind at the expiration of his sentence, such person shall be detained in an asylum until released by the Governor or discharged upon the authority of the medical practitioner in charge of such asylum or until he be otherwise released in due course of law. Every such certificate shall be in the prescribed form.
9. The Schedule to the Asylums Ordinance, 1906, is repealed.
10. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1927.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 15th day of September, 1927.
E. W. HAMILTON,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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