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HONG KONG
No. 35 OF 1960.
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Governor.
8th September, 1960.
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to mental dis- order and its treatment and to make provision for the reception. delention and treatment of persons of unsound mind.
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Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-
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PART L
Preliminary.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Mental Health Ordinance, Short title 1960, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the and com Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- "certified patient" means a person who is detained in a mental hospital
in accordance with the provisions of section 36;
mencement.
Interpreta tion.