Mental Health Act · s 62

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62.
Order for reception of mentally disordered person
(1) Where upon an inquiry under this Part a person is found by the
Court to be incapable of managing himself and his affairs due to his mental disorder but the Court does not appoint an appointed person of the mentally disordered person, the Court shall make an order for the person to be sent to a designated medical practitioner in a psychiatric facility for examination and for his admission to the psychiatric facility named in the order.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a friend or relative of the mentally disordered person satisfies the Court that he undertakes to take proper care of the person and prevent the person from injuring himself or others, the Court may, instead of making an order under subsection (1), make an order handing him over to the care of the friend or relative.

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(3) A person received into a psychiatric facility by an order of the
Court made under subsection (1) shall, for the purposes of this Act, be an involuntary patient under section 12.

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s 62Order for reception of mentally disordered person

(1)

Where upon an inquiry under this Part a person is found by the

Court to be incapable of managing himself and his affairs due to his mental disorder but the Court does not appoint an appointed person of the mentally disordered person, the Court shall make an order for the person to be sent to a designated medical practitioner in a psychiatric facility for examination and for his admission to the psychiatric facility named in the order.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a friend or relative of the mentally disordered person satisfies the Court that he undertakes to take proper care of the person and prevent the person from injuring himself or others, the Court may, instead of making an order under subsection (1), make an order handing him over to the care of the friend or relative.

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(3)

A person received into a psychiatric facility by an order of the

Court made under subsection (1) shall, for the purposes of this Act, be an involuntary patient under section 12.