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HONG KONG

No. 35 OF 1960.

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R88

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. detention 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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L.

PART I

Preliminary.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Mental Health Ordinance, Short Gide 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:

thencement.

Interpreta tion.