On 22/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013.
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35.
—(1) A medical officer at a mental hospital who has examined any person who is suffering from a mental disorder and is of the opinion that he should be treated as an inpatient at the mental hospital may sign an order in accordance with Form 1 in the Schedule for the admission of that person into the mental hospital for treatment and that person may be detained for a period of 72 hours commencing from the time the medical officer signed the order.
(2) A patient who has been detained for treatment pursuant to an order made under subsection (1) may be detained for a further period of one month commencing from the expiration of the period of 72 hours referred to in that subsection if before the expiration of the period of 72 hours the patient has been examined by another medical officer of the mental hospital and the medical officer is of the opinion that the patient requires further treatment at the mental hospital; and the medical officer shall sign an order in accordance with Form 2 in the Schedule.
(3) A patient who has been detained for treatment pursuant to an order made in accordance with subsection (2) shall not be detained for any further period at the mental hospital for treatment unless before the expiration of the period of one month referred to in that subsection, the patient has been brought before two medical officers, one of whom shall be a psychiatrist, who shall examine the patient separately and who are both satisfied that he requires further treatment at the mental hospital; and each of the medical officers shall sign an order in accordance with Form 3 in the Schedule.
(4) Two orders signed in accordance with subsection (3) shall be sufficient authority for the detention of the patient to whom they refer for a period not exceeding 12 months commencing from the date of the order.
(5) A person shall not be detained at a mental hospital for treatment unless —
(a)
he is suffering from a mental disorder which warrants the detention of that person in a mental hospital for treatment; and
(b)
it is necessary in the interests of that person’s health or safety or for the protection of other persons that that person should be so detained.
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