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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987

PROVISION WAS ALSO MADE FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF GUARDIANSHIP TO THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE IF THE GUARDIAN DIED OR RELINGUISHED HIS FUNCTION, AND FOR THE TRANSFER OF GUARD`ANSHIP FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER UPON APPLICATION TO A DISTRICT JUDGE, HE ADDED.

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TO ENSURE THAT GUARDIANSHIP WAS SUBJECT TO REGULAR REVIEW ALL GUARDIANSHIP ARRANGEMENTS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY CEASE TWO YEARS ..FTER THEIR COMMENCEMENT UNLESS THEY WERE RENEWED BY A FURTHER APPLICATION TO THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

MR CHAMBERS SAID CLAUSE 7 SET OUT THE GROUNDS ON ***CH A PATIENT IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL MIGHT BE DETAINED FOR TREATMENT AVOND THE INITIAL PERIOD OF DETENTION FOR OBSERVATION.

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TWO DOCTORS MUST CERTIFY THAT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PATIENT OR FOR THE PROTECTION OF OTHER FEOF LF HE SHOULD RECEIVE THIS TREATMENT AND THAT IT COULD NOT BE TWOVIDED UNLESS HE WAS DETAINED UNDER THIS SECTION; AND THIS CERTIFIZZTE JUST BE COUNTERSIGNED BY A DISTRICT JUDGE.

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CLAUSE 13 EMPOWERED THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT, IN CASES WHERE A MENTAL PATIENT HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY OF CRIMINAL VIOLENCE OR DISPOSITION TO COMMIT SUCH VIOLENCE, TO DISCHARGE HIM FROM HOSPITAL SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS, WHICH MIGHT INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT TO RESIDE A SPECIFIED PLACE, TO ATTEND FOR OUT-PATIENT MEDICAL TREATMENT, TAKE PRESCRIBED MEDICINE, OR TO BE SUPERVISED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

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HE SAID PATIENTS WHO FAILED TO COMPLY WITH ANY SUCH CONDITIONS MIGHT BE RECALLED TO THE HOSPITAL.

SUBJECT TO THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNOR AND ON THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR, THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES COULD SIMILARLY AUTHORISE CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE FOR OFFENDER PATIENTS DETAINED IN THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE, HE ADDED.

CLAUSE 17 OF THE BILL PROVIDED THAT WHERE AN OFFENDER PATIENT HAD BEEN DETAINED IN A PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE UNDER A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A FIXED TERM OR A HOSPITAL ORDER AUTHORISING DETENTION FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD, AND HIS MENTAL STATF WAS SUCH THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE DISCHARGED AT THE END OF THE TERM OF THE SENTENCE OR PERIOD OF THE HOSPITAL ORDER, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES MIGHT APPLY TO THE COURT FOR A HOSPITAL ORDER AUTHORISING FURTHER DETENTION.

SUCH APPLICATIONS MUST BE

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DY MEDICAL OPINION AND JUSTIFIED BY THE NATURE AND DEGREE OF THE MENTAL DISORDER OF THE PATIENT CONCERNED AND THE NEED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

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