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1989 Ed.]

UNIV

Mental Health Regulations

[CAP. 136

MENTAL HEALTH REGULATIONS

[Subsidiary]

LAW BRARY

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(Cap. 136, section 72)

[19 January 1962]

G.N.A. 3 of 1962 — 35 of 1969, L.N. 133 of 1969, R. Ed. 1972, L.N. 76 of 1989, L.N. 416 of 1989

1. Citation

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These regulations may be cited as the Mental Health Regulations.

Forms

The forms set forth in the Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of the Ordinance.

3. Responsibility of medical superintendent

The medical superintendent of a mental hospital shall be responsible for the care and treatment of all patients in the mental hospital and for the maintenance of discipline and good order in the hospital.

4. Visitors and telephone calls

A medical superintendent may refuse to permit any person other than a mental hospital visitor to visit a patient or to permit a patient to make or to receive any telephone call at a mental hospital.

5. Censorship of letters, etc.

A medical superintendent may open and examine any letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter which is delivered to or left at a mental hospital addressed to a patient and may refuse to permit any such letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter to be delivered to a patient and may return to the sender, if known, any such letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter and may delete in any letter any part thereof.

(2) A medical superintendent may open and examine any letter which has been written by a patient and may refuse to permit any such letter to leave the mental hospital and may delete from any letter any part thereof:

Provided that this subregulation shall not apply to any letter from a patient addressed to the Director of Hospital Services, to the Tribunal, to the Secretary of the Tribunal or to the Registrar of the Supreme Court. (L.N. 76 of 1989)

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1989 Ed.] UNIV Mental Health Regulations [CAP. 136 Al + MENTAL HEALTH REGULATIONS [Subsidiary] LAW BRARY ★ (Cap. 136, section 72) [19 January 1962] G.N.A. 3 of 1962 — 35 of 1969, L.N. 133 of 1969, R. Ed. 1972, L.N. 76 of 1989, L.N. 416 of 1989 1. Citation 2. — These regulations may be cited as the Mental Health Regulations. Forms The forms set forth in the Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of the Ordinance. 3. Responsibility of medical superintendent The medical superintendent of a mental hospital shall be responsible for the care and treatment of all patients in the mental hospital and for the maintenance of discipline and good order in the hospital. 4. Visitors and telephone calls A medical superintendent may refuse to permit any person other than a mental hospital visitor to visit a patient or to permit a patient to make or to receive any telephone call at a mental hospital. 5. Censorship of letters, etc. A medical superintendent may open and examine any letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter which is delivered to or left at a mental hospital addressed to a patient and may refuse to permit any such letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter to be delivered to a patient and may return to the sender, if known, any such letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter and may delete in any letter any part thereof. (2) A medical superintendent may open and examine any letter which has been written by a patient and may refuse to permit any such letter to leave the mental hospital and may delete from any letter any part thereof: Provided that this subregulation shall not apply to any letter from a patient addressed to the Director of Hospital Services, to the Tribunal, to the Secretary of the Tribunal or to the Registrar of the Supreme Court. (L.N. 76 of 1989)

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1989 Ed.] UNIV Mental Health Regulations [CAP. 136 Al + MENTAL HEALTH REGULATIONS [Subsidiary] LAW BRARY ★ (Cap. 136, section 72) [19 January 1962] G.N.A. 3 of 1962 — 35 of 1969, L.N. 133 of 1969, R. Ed. 1972, L.N. 76 of 1989, L.N. 416 of 1989 1. Citation 2. - These regulations may be cited as the Mental Health Regulations. Forms The forms set forth in the Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of the Ordinance. 3. Responsibility of medical superintendent The medical superintendent of a mental hospital shall be responsible for the care and treatment of all patients in the mental hospital and for the maintenance of discipline and good order in the hospital. 4. Visitors and telephone calls A medical superintendent may refuse to permit any person other than a mental hospital visitor to visit a patient or to permit a patient to make or to receive any telephone call at a mental hospital. 5. Censorship of letters, etc. A medical superintendent may open and examine any letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter which is delivered to or left at a mental hospital addressed to a patient and may refuse to permit any such letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter to be delivered to a patient and may return to the sender, if known, any such letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter and may delete in any letter any part thereof. (2) A medical superintendent may open and examine any letter which has been written by a patient and may refuse to permit any such letter to leave the mental hospital and may delete from any letter any part thereof: Provided that this subregulation shall not apply to any letter from a patient addressed to the Director of Hospital Services, to the Tribunal, to the Secretary of the Tribunal or to the Registrar of the Supreme Court. (L.N. 76 of 1989)

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