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be satisfied that it is necessary that such person be so detained, whereupon he may be detained for a further period of 7 days. If before the expiration of the said second period of 7 days two medical practitioners shall be of opinion that the person detained under observation is in fact of unsound mind, the procedure laid down in section 9 shall be followed.
delirium
11. Any person taken to the Government Civil Hospital suffering from delirium tremens, or developing delirium tremens while in such Hospital may, if the Superintendent considers it to be necessary or desirable, be removed to an asylum and be there detained under the provisions of this Ordinance relating to detention for observation.
be detained
may deliver
12. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent a medical practitioner in charge of an asylum from delivering any person detained therein under the provisions of this Ordinance to the care of any party or parties to whom in his opinion it is expedient to deliver such person.
unsound mind
for custody.
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13. Every order of a Magistrate made under section 9, 10 or 16 shall be subject to an appeal by or on behalf of the person ordered to be detained thereunder to a Judge sitting in Court or in Chambers.
of action.
14. No action shall be brought against any medical practitioner or officer of police or against any person whomsoever for anything done in good faith and with reasonable cause in pursuance of the powers conferred by this Ordinance.
detained
pleasure or becoming of
15. If any person be ordered by the Supreme Court to be detained as an insane person during the King's pleasure, or if any person under imprisonment in any place of confinement shall become of unsound mind, the Governor may by warrant under his hand direct that such person be removed to any asylum named in such warrant there to be detained during the King's pleasure or until the expiration of the sentence under which such person shall have been imprisoned. If such person shall become of sound mind before the expiration of his sentence, of which the period of his detention in such asylum shall be reckoned as part, the Governor shall by warrant under his hand direct such person to be removed
* As amended by No. 13 of 1912.
As amended by No. 12 of 1912 and No. 13 of 1912. As amended by No. 51 of 1911.
unsound mind while
ment may
to asylum.
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