Mental Health Act · s 5

Suggest a correction

Tell us what is wrong in this text. We check every suggestion against the official version before we change anything.

What is wrong?Wrong or mistyped wordsWrong structure or numberingWrong title or detailsText that appears twice

What should change, and whyUp to 2,000 characters.The text as it should read (optional)Edit the text above. Up to 20,000 characters.Where you checked it (optional)A link to the official version, if you have one.

The text as we hold it

Open the official text

s 5Admission of patient into psychiatric facility

(1)

Except as otherwise provided in any other written law, no person shall be admitted into a psychiatric facility other than —

(a)

as a voluntary patient in accordance with section 6(1);

(b)

as an involuntary patient in accordance with section 8(1);

(c)

upon the order of a medical practitioner under section 7(4),

8(4)(b), 12(1) or 12(3);

(d)

upon an order of a court made under section 44(1) or 62(1);

(e)

upon an order of a court made under section 247, 315, 317

or 321 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Chapter 7) or upon an order of the relevant authority under the provisions of any other written law; or

(f)

on a transfer from another psychiatric facility, on return from leave, or on his re-apprehension after being absent without leave.

(2)

Nothing in this Act shall prohibit any voluntary patient from receiving care, treatment or rehabilitation in any other Government psychiatric facility or in any private psychiatric facility.