On 20/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 20/05/2013.
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10.
—(1) A designated medical practitioner at a psychiatric institution who has examined any person who is suffering from a mental disorder and is of the opinion that he should be treated, or continue to be treated, as an inpatient at the psychiatric institution may at any time sign an order in accordance with Form 1 in the First Schedule —
(a)
for the admission of the person into the psychiatric institution for treatment; or
(b)
in the case of an inpatient, for the detention and further treatment of the person,
and the person may be detained for a period of 72 hours commencing from the time the designated medical practitioner signed the order.
(2) A patient who has been admitted for treatment or detained for further treatment under 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 —
(a)
before the expiration of the period of 72 hours, the patient has been examined by another designated medical practitioner at the psychiatric institution and that designated medical practitioner is of the opinion that the patient requires further treatment at the psychiatric institution; and
(b)
that designated medical practitioner signs an order in accordance with Form 2 in the First Schedule.
(3) A patient who has been detained for further treatment under an order made under subsection (2) shall not be detained for any further period at the psychiatric institution for treatment unless before the expiration of the period of one month referred to in that subsection, the patient has been brought before 2 designated medical practitioners working at the psychiatric institution, one of whom shall be a psychiatrist, who have examined the patient separately and who are both satisfied that he requires further treatment at the psychiatric institution.
(4) Each of the designated medical practitioners referred to in subsection (3) shall sign an order in accordance with Form 3 in the First Schedule.
(5) Two orders signed in accordance with subsection (4) shall be sufficient authority for the detention of the patient to whom they refer for a period not exceeding 6 months commencing from the date of the order.
(6) A person shall not be detained at a psychiatric institution for treatment unless —
(a)
he is suffering from a mental disorder which warrants the detention of the person in a psychiatric institution for treatment; and
(b)
it is necessary in the interests of the health or safety of the person or for the protection of other persons that the person should be so detained.