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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 8, 1906.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to provide for the establishment of Asylums for the Custody and Care of persons of unsound mind, and others.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Commeil thereof, as follows :-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Asylums Ordin- Short title. auce, 1996.

2. "Asylum

means for the purposes of this Ordinance Definition of any institution or place which the Governor may from time “asylum". to time declare to be an asylum for the detention, custody and care of persous of unsound mind.

3. For the purposes of this Ordinance every person shall Definition of be deemed to be of unsound mind who is so far deranged persons of in mind as to render it either necessary or expedient that unsound such person, either for his own sake or in the public inter- mind ". ests, should be placed and kept under control.

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4. For the purposes of this Ordinance the term "medical Definition of practitioner" shall mean and include every person employed medical as a doctor or surgeon in any branch of His Majesty's practi- Services and every person registered under the Medical tioner ". Registration Ordinance, 1884.

5. The Governor may from time to time declare that Establish certain institutions or places shall be asylums for the deten- ment and tiou, custody and care of persons of unsound mind and the management Governor-in-Council may from time to time make such re- of asylums. gulations for the management and conduct of asylums as to him shall seem expedient.

Every such regulation so made shall when published in Gazette. the Gazette have the force of law.

Visitors of

6. The Governor may appoint fit and proper persons to bo visitors of any such asylums. Such visitors shall be asylums. at liberty to enter any such asylum at all times and make such enquiry or examination therein as may be deemed necessary and shall make such reports to the Colonial Secretary as may be required by any order of the Governor.

Who may

7. Any medical practitioner, or officer or member of the Police Force, or any private person, having reason to believe cause person that a person is of unsound mind may on the written order of unsound of any Magistrate or Justice of the Pence cause such person mind to be to be conveyel, using such force as may be necessary, to an asylum.

detained.

8. It shall be lawful for any medical practitioner in Detention charge of any asylum to detain under observation for seven for observa- days any person taken to such asylum in manner provided tion. by the preceding section or by section 11 of this Ordinance.

9. If before the expiration of the said seven days, two Procedure medical practitioners shall be of opinion that the person where person detained under observation is in fact a person of unsound detained mind, such medical practitioners shall eich sign a certificate found to be in the Form A in the Schedule to this Ordinance and for- mind before ward such certificate to a Police Magistrate who shall expiration of countersign it if it shall appear to him that such person is period of of unsound mind.

of unsound

detention for observation.

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