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(25 of 1957).

"Court" means the Supreme Court and any Judge of the Supreme Court;

"Director of Social Welfare" includes ao assistant director of social

welfare;

"guardian" in relation to a person under the age of sixteen years includes any person having charge of the person under the age of sixteen years and the Director of Social Welfare;

"hospital order” means an order made in accordance with the provisions

of section 45 or of section 54;

"medical officer" means a registered medical practitioner in the full time

employment of Government;

"medical superintendent" means the medical superintendent or an assistant medical superintendent of a mental hospital appointed in accordance with the provision of section 4;

"mental hospital" means any place declared to be a mental hospital in

accordance with the provisions of section 3,

"mentally disordered person" means a person who is so far disabled ia mind or who is so mentally ill or subnormal due to arrested or incomplete development of mind as to render it either necessary or expedient that he, either for his own sake or in the public interest, should be placed and kept under control;

“mental hospital visitor" means a person appointed to be a mental hospital visitor in accordance with the provisions of section 5 while be is so appointed;

"patient" means a person received into a mental hospital in accordance

with the provisions of this Ordinance;

"patient under observation" means a person who is detained in a mental hospital in accordance with the provisions of section 31 or section

32:

"prescribed form" means a form prescribed by regulations made under

section 70:

"registered medical practitioner" means a person who is registered or who is deemed to be registered in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Registration Ordinance, 1957;

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court;

"temporary patient" means a person who has been admitted into and is in a mental hospital in accordance with the provisions of section 33: "transfer order" means an order issued in accordance with the provisions

of section 52 or section S3:

“tribunal” means the Hospital Order Appeal Tribunal established in

accordance with the provisions of section 49;

"voluntary patient" means a person who has been admitted into and is in a mental hospital in accordance with the provisions of section 30,

3. (1) The Governor may by order declure any place which is the Decturation

of mental property of the Government to be a mental hospital for the detention.

hospitals. custody, treatment and care of mentally disordered persons.

(2) The Governor on the application of the owner thereof, may, by order, declare any place which is not the property of the Government to be a mental hospital for the detention, custody, treatment and care of mentally disordered persons.

(3) Notification of every such order shall be published in the Gazette.

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it. (1) The Governor may appoint any medical officer to be the Appointment medical superintendent or an assistant medical superintendent of a superintend- mental hospital.

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(2) On the application of any registered medical practitioner not in

superintend the employment of Government, the Governor may appoint the register- ents ed medical practitioner to be the medical superintendent or an assistant medical superintendent of a mental bospital.

(3) Notification of every such appointment shall be published in the Gazette.

5. (1) The Governor may appoint mental hospital visitors for Appointment Every mental hospital.

(2) Two or more mental hospital visitors appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) shall once at least in every mouth, together inspect every part of the mental hospital of which they are mental hospital visitors and shall see and examine so far as cir- cumstances permit, every patient therein and the application and

and duties

of visitors.