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Execution of docalments.

Employment

of patients.

Possession

of article without Intut authority,

Restriction on receipt by pallent of certain things.

Frohibitice

of entry into a

bospital.

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No patient may execute any document without the prior permission of the medical superintendent who may withhold such permission if he considers such action necessary or desirable.

7. A patient may be employed on such work in a mental hospital as the medical superintendent may consider necessary or desirable.

8. No patient shall have in his possession, without the authority of the medical superintendent, any article and any such article found in his possession may be confiscated by the medical superintendent.

9. (1) The medical superintendent, in his absolute discretion, may order that a patient shall not receive, other than in accordance with his authority, any money, clothing, food, drink, medicine, drug, tobacco. letter, postal packet, paper, book, tool or other article or thing or any one of such articles or things, or that any specific article or thing of such type shall not be given to or conveyed to a patient.

(2) Any person who, knowingly, sends to, brings to, conveys or throws into or deposits in a mental hospital or conveys to any patient or deposits with a view to its coming into the possession of any patient, any such article or thing as is described in paragraph (1) in contraven- tion of an order made under that paragraph shall be guilty of ao offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars.

(3) Any article or thing brought, conveyed, thrown or deposited in contravention of an order made under paragraph (1) may be con- fiscated by the medical superintendent, whether or not any person has been convicted of an offence in connexion with the contravention.

(4) If the medical superintendent has reason to suspect that any visitor to a mental hospital has in his possession any article or thing with intent to act in contravention of the provisions of paragraph (1), he may require such visitor to permit himself to be searched:

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall authorize the sear- ching of a female other than by a female.

10. Any person who enters a mental hospital without lawful authority or excuse shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.

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SCHEDULE,

Form 1.

MENTAL HEALTH ORDINANCE, 1960.

(No. 35 of 1960).

(Section 31)

Application for an order for the removal in a mental hospital for the purpose of detention and observation of a person believed to be a mentally diordered perSON.

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of

have reason to believe that

of

disordered person. The reasons for my belief are as follows-

(a) (Result of personal observation)

[reg. 2.]

is a mentally

(6) (Facts communicated to me by others)

............/the guardian of the said

of

I am a relative, namely person.

* (Name)

who is said to be the

of the said person has been communicated with, and he/she agrees to his/her removal to a Mental Hospital. OR

LI

No relative or guardian of the said person can be found in the Colony, * It is impracticable to delay the making of an order until a relative or guardian of the said person can be found.

I therefore apply to you. 'a magistrate/justice of the peace for an order in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 31 of the Mental Health Ordinance, 1960, authorizing the removal of the said

to the Mental Hospital known as menina

for the purpose of and situato al detention and observation as a patient under observation during a period not exceeding seven days from and including the date of the order.

Dated this

day of

Signature of applicant.

* Delete whichever is inapplicable.

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Mease unive

State name of informyam(s)